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A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
तस्य वक्ष्यामि सुश्रोणि प्रायश्चित्तं महौजसम् ॥ किल्बिषाद्येन मुच्येत संसारान्तं च गच्छति
tasya vakṣyāmi suśroṇi prāyaścittaṃ mahaujasam || kilbiṣād yena mucyeta saṃsārāntaṃ ca gacchati
À ce sujet, je déclarerai, ô toi aux belles hanches, une expiation d’une grande puissance, par laquelle on est délivré du péché et l’on atteint la fin du saṃsāra.
Varāha
It exemplifies Purāṇic soteriological language where expiation is linked to liberation-oriented goals, reflecting later Hindu ethical-ritual synthesis.
None; the verse is doctrinal/ethical rather than topographical.
Acknowledging wrongdoing (kilbiṣa) and undertaking corrective discipline (prāyaścitta) is presented as transformative.
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