Varaha Purana 136.97: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 97

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

य एतेन विधानॆन वसुधे कर्म कारयेत् ॥ न स लिप्येत पापेन एवमेतन्न संशयः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.97

Transliteration

ya etena vidhānena vasudhe karma kārayet || na sa lipyeta pāpena evam etan na saṁśayaḥ

Translation

હે વસુધે! જે આ વિધાન પ્રમાણે કર્મ/વિધિ કરાવે, તે પાપથી લિપ્ત થતો નથી—આ નિઃસંદેહ છે.

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Word by Word

• yaḥ: whoever

• etena: by this

• vidhānena: procedure

• vasudhe: O Earth

• karma: rite/act (here: prescribed ritual action)

• kārayet: would have (it) done/causes to be performed

• na: not

• saḥ: he

• lipyeta: would be tainted/stained

• pāpena: by sin

• evam etat: thus it is

• na saṁśayaḥ: no doubt

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Dharmaśāstra Interface

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a technical ethical-ritual logic: properly executed expiation prevents moral contamination, a theme shared across Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstric corpora.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Follow the prescribed procedure for expiation so that wrongdoing does not continue to ‘adhere’ as moral taint.