Varaha Purana 134.56: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 56
Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure
Upaspṛśya
पातनं तस्य वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥ नाहं तत्प्रतिगृह्णामि न च ते वै मम प्रियाः ॥
pātanaṃ tasya vakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || nāhaṃ tatpratigṛhṇāmi na ca te vai mama priyāḥ ||
मैं तुम्हे बताऊंगा कि उसका क्या बिगड़ होगा, ज़रा सुन। ऐसा फूल मैं नहीं लेता। और ऐसे लोग मुझे प्यारे नहीं लगते।
Varāha
FAQs
It reflects a widespread Purāṇic pedagogical pattern: explicit rejection of improper ritual acts and a promise to detail consequences, functioning as normative regulation.
No geographic location is identified.
Offerings and worship should be ethically and procedurally appropriate; otherwise the offering is portrayed as unacceptable and leading to negative outcomes.
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