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Varaha Purana 135.37: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 37

Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda

भुक्त्वा वराहमांसं तु यश्च मामिह सर्पति ॥ पातनं तस्य वक्ष्यामि यथा भवति सुन्दरी ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 135.37

bhuktvā varāha-māṁsaṁ tu yaś ca mām iha sarpati || pātanaṁ tasya vakṣyāmi yathā bhavati sundarī ||

जो कोई सूअर का मीट खाके यहाँ मेरा दर्शन करने आता है, मैं बताता हूँ उसका क्या बिगड़ता है। सुंदरी, सुन उसकी कैसे गिर होती है।

bhuktvāhaving eaten
bhuktvā:
varāha-māṁsamboar’s flesh
varāha-māṁsam:
tubut
tu:
yaḥwhoever
yaḥ:
caand
ca:
māmme
mām:
ihahere/in this matter
iha:
sarpaticreeps/comes near/approaches
sarpati:
pātanamdownfall/ruin
pātanam:
tasyaof him
tasya:
vakṣyāmiI shall explain
vakṣyāmi:
yathāhow
yathā:
bhavatibecomes/happens
bhavati:
sundarīO fair lady
sundarī:

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
N
Normative Ethics
D
Dietary Taboos

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It illustrates how Purāṇic texts encode dietary boundaries through warning formulas, linking conduct to social-ritual eligibility and consequence.

No geographic location is identified in this verse.

The verse frames certain food practices as ethically consequential and signals that such actions can affect one’s standing and outcomes.

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