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Varaha Purana 134.3: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 3

Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure

Upaspṛśya

आकाशशयनं कृत्वा दिनानि दश पञ्च च ॥ मुच्यते किल्बिषात्तत्र देवि चैव न संशयः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 134.3

ākāśaśayanaṃ kṛtvā dināni daśa pañca ca || mucyate kilbiṣāttatra devi caiva na saṃśayaḥ ||

पंद्रह दिन तक खुले आसमान के नीचे सोना है। वहाँ पाप से छुटकारा मिल जाता है। देवी, इसमें कोई शक नहीं है।

आकाश-शयनम्sleeping in the open sky
आकाश-शयनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआकाश (प्रातिपदिक) + शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (आकाशे शयनम्)
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
दिनानिdays
दिनानि:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कालपरिमाण), बहुवचन
दशten
दश:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; दिनानि इति विशेषणम्
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; दिनानि इति विशेषणम्
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
मुच्यतेis freed
मुच्यते:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (passive sense)
किल्बिषात्from sin
किल्बिषात्:
Apādāna (अपादानम्)
TypeNoun
Rootकिल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन
तत्रthere/in that case
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
देविO goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक
एवcertainly
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Varāha (contextual continuation)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dharma
P
Prāyaścitta
S
Sanskrit Ritual Vocabulary

FAQs

It documents a concrete, bodily form of expiation typical of Dharma and Purāṇic literature, useful for comparative study of penance systems.

No named place; the practice is described generally as sleeping under the open sky.

That corrective discipline can be enacted through time-bound austerity intended to acknowledge and remediate fault.

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