Varaha Purana 135.27: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 27
Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda
संसारं वाससोच्छिष्टा येन गच्छन्ति मानुषाः ॥ प्रायश्चित्तं च मे ब्रूहि सर्वकर्मसुखावहम्
saṃsāraṃ vāsasocchiṣṭā yena gacchanti mānuṣāḥ || prāyaścittaṃ ca me brūhi sarvakarmasukhāvaham
इंसान कपड़े गंदे करके जनम-जनम के चक्कर में फंस जाते हैं। देवा, मुझे बताओ कैसे इस से छुटकारा मिले। जो सब काम ठीक कर दे और सुख दे।
Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)
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It frames a typical pedagogical move: the interlocutor summarizes the issue (cause of saṃsāra) and explicitly requests the remedial protocol (prāyaścitta), reflecting instructional organization in Purāṇic chapters.
No geographic location is identified in this verse.
That faults are to be addressed through articulated corrective practices, and that the tradition systematizes remedies alongside diagnoses.
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