Varaha Purana 136.5: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 5
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
Uttara Bhāga · Prāyaścitta-karmasūtra (Overcoming Difficult Births)
तरन्ति मनुजा येन कष्टं चाण्डालयोनिषु ॥ यस्य कस्यापि मासस्य शुक्लपक्षे च द्वादशी
taranti manujā yena kaṣṭaṁ cāṇḍāla-yoniṣu | yasya kasyāpi māsasya śukla-pakṣe ca dvādaśī ||
taranti manujA yena kaShTaM chANDAlayoniShu || yasya kasyApi mAsasya shuklapakShe cha dvAdashI
Por esto, los hombres atraviesan la dureza de los nacimientos entre los caṇḍālas. En el duodécimo día lunar (dvādaśī) de la quincena brillante, en cualquier mes…
Varāha
Curious
How can one cross severe karmic hardship (e.g., caṇḍāla-birth) through a lunar observance?
Karmic bondage can be lightened through regulated observance aligned with dharma and devotion.
Undertake Dvādaśī discipline with purity and intent to reform conduct and destiny.
Instruction given within Varāha–Bhū dialogue frame
Observe a bright-fortnight Dvādaśī discipline (any month) as a means to transcend degraded births.
Proper observance enables crossing the suffering of caṇḍāla-yoni; neglect leaves one bound to such karmic outcomes.
Śukla-dvādaśī (Dvādaśī-vrata; lamp-related observance implied by following verses)
Crossing hardship of low/impure births; upliftment and auspicious destiny
Varāha Purāṇa 136.6–136.9 (lamp-gift, purity rules, and consequences)
FAQs
It ties expiatory practice to the ritual calendar (dvādaśī), illustrating how Purāṇic traditions encoded ethics through lunar observances.
No geographic location is specified.
That calendrically timed observance is presented as a means of overcoming severe consequences associated with difficult rebirth conditions.
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