Varaha Purana 136.40: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 40
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
तत्र वर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यान्येव दृढव्रतः ॥ ततो भक्षय मांसानि पापक्शयचिकीर्षुकः ॥
tatra varṣasahasrāṇi divyānyeva dṛḍhavrataḥ || tato bhakṣaya māṁsāni pāpakṣayacikīrṣukaḥ ||
Allí, durante miles de años divinos, firme en el voto; luego consume carne, deseando la destrucción del pecado.
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The verse uses the Purāṇic convention of “divine years” to express extended ascetic or penitential timeframes, a common narrative device for emphasizing the gravity of ritual consequence.
No explicit toponym appears here; the setting remains the previously referenced “there,” likely a cremation-ground context within the chapter.
It presents purification as a deliberate process involving time, vow-observance, and actions framed as expiatory (pāpakṣaya).
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