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Varaha Purana 132.8: Adhyaya 132, Shloka 8

Expiatory Rites for Contact with a Corpse and with a Menstruating Woman

गृहस्थाः पुरुषा भद्रे मम कर्मपरायणाः ॥ यावकेन त्रयं क्षिप्त्वा पिण्याकेन दिनत्रयम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 132.8

gṛhasthāḥ puruṣā bhadre mama karma-parāyaṇāḥ | yāvakena trayaṃ kṣiptvā piṇyākena dina-trayam ||

जो लोग घर बसा के रहते हैं और मेरे बताए हुए काम फ़ॉलो करते हैं, उन्हें तीन दिन तक एक खास दाल खानी चाहिए। उसके बाद तीन दिन और, तेल निकालने के बाद जो बची हुई चीज़ होती है वो खानी चाहिए।

गृहस्थाःhouseholders
गृहस्थाः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
पुरुषाःmen/persons
पुरुषाः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; गृहस्थाः इति समानाधिकरण
भद्रेO auspicious lady
भद्रे:
सम्बोधन (Address/Vocative)
TypeNoun
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
ममmy
मम:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कर्मपरायणाःdevoted to (prescribed) duties
कर्मपरायणाः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (कर्मणि परायणः = devoted to duty); गृहस्थाः/पुरुषाः इति विशेषणम्
यावकेनwith barley (meal)
यावकेन:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयावक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन
त्रयम्three (times/portions)
त्रयम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; संख्या (collective)
क्षिप्त्वाhaving thrown/cast
क्षिप्त्वा:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootक्षिप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/क्त्वा), ‘having thrown/cast’
पिण्याकेनwith oil-cake/sesame-cake
पिण्याकेन:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्याक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
दिनत्रयम्for three days / a period of three days
दिनत्रयम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (त्रयाणां दिनानाम् समाहारः/three days)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇa
D
Dharma-śāstra
A
Ascetic Practices

FAQs

It documents a graded dietary regimen used as expiation, reflecting how food discipline served as a practical tool of moral repair in premodern South Asian texts.

No location is mentioned; the verse is procedural.

Ethical restoration is linked to disciplined restraint, here expressed through regulated diet over specified durations.

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