Varaha Purana 134.63: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 63

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

Upaspṛśya

Devanagari script

प्रायश्चित्तं महाभागे येन शुध्यन्ति मानवाः ॥ एकाहारं ततः कृत्वा मासमेकं वरानने ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 134.63

Transliteration

prāyaścittaṃ mahābhāge yena śudhyanti mānavāḥ | ekāhāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā māsam ekaṃ varānane ||

Translation

भाग्य वाली, वो उपाय बता रहा हूँ जिससे इंसान साफ हो जाते हैं। एक महीने तक दिन में एक बार खाना खाओ, सुंदर मुख वाली।

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Word by Word

• prāyaścittam: expiation/penance

• mahābhāge: O greatly fortunate lady

• yena: by which

• śudhyanti: become purified

• mānavāḥ: humans

• ekāhāram: one-meal regimen

• tataḥ: then

• kṛtvā: having done/undertaken

• māsam: for a month

• ekam: one

• varānane: O beautiful-faced one

Speaker

Varāha (explicitly continuing from 134.68)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ascetic Practice
• Dharma-śāstra (penance)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a standardized ascetic-ethical regimen (dietary restriction) typical of prāyaścitta systems shared across Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference occurs in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Self-regulation through disciplined consumption is presented as a means of purification and moral restoration.