Varaha Purana 135.17: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 17
Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda
पारावतेषु जायेत नव वर्षाणि पञ्च च ॥ जातो ममापराधेन स्थितः पारावतो भुवि ॥
pārāvateṣu jāyeta nava varṣāṇi pañca ca | jāto mamāparādhena sthitaḥ pārāvato bhuvi ||
चौदह साल तक कबूतर बन के पैदा होता है। मेरे से गलती हुई, इसलिए धरती पर कबूतर बन के रहता है।
Varāha addressing Pṛthivī
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The verse provides a concrete example of “aparādha” (offense) language linked to rebirth outcomes, useful for tracing how moral terminology maps onto transmigration narratives in Purāṇic literature.
No specific location is identified; “bhuvi” simply means “on earth,” functioning as a cosmological plane rather than a named site.
Offense (aparādha) is depicted as producing diminished states of existence; the text reinforces accountability through the imagery of prolonged non-human birth.
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