Varaha Purana 176.40: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 40
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
मातरं गुरुपत्नीं च स्वसारं पुत्रिकां वधूम् ॥ गत्वा तु प्रविशेदग्निं नान्या शुद्धिर्विधीयते ॥
mātaraṃ gurupatnīṃ ca svasāraṃ putrikāṃ vadhūm || gatvā tu praviśed agniṃ nānyā śuddhir vidhīyate ||
Wer seine Mutter geschändet hat, die Ehefrau des Lehrers, seine Schwester, seine Tochter oder seine Schwiegertochter, der soll ins Feuer gehen; keine andere Reinigung ist vorgeschrieben.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a Dharma-śāstra style taxonomy of severe transgressions and their expiations as preserved within Purāṇic narrative frameworks.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily prescriptive and ethical.
It classifies certain familial/teacher-related violations as extremely grave and presents an ultimate expiation as the only prescribed purification.
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