Varaha Purana 135.38: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 38
Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda
वराहो दश वर्षाणि कृत्वानुचरते वने ॥ व्याधो भूत्वा महाभागे समाः पञ्च च सप्त च ॥
varāho daśa varṣāṇi kṛtvānucarate vane || vyādho bhūtvā mahābhāge samāḥ pañca ca sapta ca
दस साल तक वराहा बन के रहता है। फिर जंगल में घूमता है। फिर शिकारी बन जाता है। पाँच साल और सात साल तक ऐसा ही रहता है।
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It exemplifies Purāṇic narrative pedagogy, using successive rebirths to illustrate karmic causality and moral consequence.
No specific toponym is named here; the setting is a generic 'forest' (vana) used as a narrative locale.
Actions are portrayed as shaping subsequent embodied states, emphasizing moral accountability across lifetimes.
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