Varaha Purana 134.5: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 5

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

Upaspṛśya

Devanagari script

तस्य वक्ष्यामि सुश्रोणि अपराधविशोधनम् ॥ प्रायश्चित्तं विशालाक्षि येन मुच्येत किल्बिषात् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 134.5

Transliteration

tasya vakṣyāmi suśroṇi aparādhaviśodhanam || prāyaścittaṃ viśālākṣi yena mucyeta kilbiṣāt ||

Translation

मैं अब तुम्हे बताऊंगा कि गलती का कैसे इलाज करे। यह वो उपाय है जिससे पाप से छुटकारा मिलेगा।

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of that / his
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (pronoun form)

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सुश्रोणि: O fair-hipped one
• सुश्रोणि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-श्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपराध-विशोधनम्: purification/atonement for an offense
• अपराध-विशोधनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध (प्रातिपदिक) + विशोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation, penance
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); apposition to अपराधविशोधनम्

• विशालाक्षि: O large-eyed one
• विशालाक्षि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल-अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग-सम्भव; साधन-भावे

• मुच्येत: would be freed
• मुच्येत: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• किल्बिषात्: from sin
• किल्बिषात्: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Prāyaścitta

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It functions as a transition into a prescriptive unit, reflecting how Purāṇic texts organize instruction through address-forms and sequential remedies.

Which geographic location is identified?

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What is the primary ethical instruction?

That faults are to be acknowledged and addressed through recognized corrective procedures.