Varaha Purana 131.1: Adhyaya 131, Shloka 1
Expiation for Chewing the Tooth-stick
Dantakāṣṭha
अथ दन्तकाष्ठाचर्वणप्रायश्चित्तम् ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ दन्तकाष्ठमचरवित्वा यो हि मामुपसर्पति ॥ पूर्वकालकृतं कर्म तेन चैकेन नश्यति
atha dantakāṣṭhācarvaṇaprāyaścittam || śrīvarāha uvāca || dantakāṣṭham acarvitvā yo hi mām upasarpati || pūrvakālakṛtaṃ karma tena caikena naśyati
अब दातुन चबाने का प्रायश्चित बताता हूँ। वराह भगवान बोले, जो भी मुझ पास आता है बिना दातुन चबाये, उसकी पुरानी कर्म की गल्ती सिर्फ एक काम से मिट जाती है।
Varāha
FAQs
It links bodily hygiene practices with ritual readiness, reflecting how premodern South Asian textual cultures integrated health routines into purity and worship frameworks.
No location is named; the instruction is normative and practice-focused.
Approach to worship is framed as requiring disciplined daily conduct; bodily routines are treated as ethically and ritually meaningful.
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