Varaha Purana 127.71: Adhyaya 127, Shloka 71
Description of the Brāhmaṇa Initiation Procedure
Dīkṣā-sūtra
Uttara Bhāga · Dīkṣā-vidhi (Prohibited Acts and Ancestral Harm Motif)
कन्यां दत्त्वा पुनस्तांस्तु कर्मणा नोपपादयेत् ॥ अष्टौ पितृगणास्तेन हिंसिता नात्र संशयः ॥
kanyāṃ dattvā punas tāṃs tu karmaṇā nopapādayet || aṣṭau pitṛgaṇās tena hiṃsitā nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
kanyAM dattvA punastAMstu karmaNA nopapAdayet || aShTau pitRRigaNAstena hiMsitA nAtra saMshayaH
जब किसी लड़की की शादी कर दी, तो उसे तोड़ना नहीं चाहिए। कोई भी करम करके उसे वापस नहीं लाना चाहिए। ऐसा करने से आठ तरह के पितर लोगों को तकलीफ होती है। इसमें कोई शक नहीं है।
Sandhi Notes
- नोपपादयेत् = na + upapādayet
- पितृगणाः = pitṛ + gaṇāḥ (tatpuruṣa)
- नात्र = na + atra
Varāha
Dharma is fidelity to solemn acts; manipulating rites to reverse moral commitments corrupts both society and subtle ancestral bonds.
Treat vows/contracts as sacred; avoid using technicalities to undo ethical responsibilities, especially those affecting dependents and family systems.
After giving a maiden in marriage, one should not later annul/undo that gift through ritual maneuvers; doing so constitutes grave harm to the ancestral line.
Violation harms ‘eight pitṛ-gaṇas’ (ancestral groups), implying pitṛ-doṣa, loss of lineage merit, and adverse post-mortem/this-world consequences; adherence preserves pitṛ-prīti and kula-stability.
Varāha Purāṇa 127.127 (ethical restraints within dīkṣā/discipline context)
FAQs
It reflects Purāṇic moral-legal reasoning that links social acts to ancestral welfare, a theme important for the study of kinship ethics in Sanskrit literature.
No location is given; the verse addresses social conduct and its ritualized consequences.
It discourages reversing a committed social arrangement, framing such reversal as ethically consequential for lineage and ancestors.
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