Varaha Purana 135.48: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 48
Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda
जालपादं भक्षयित्वा यस्तु मामुपसर्पति ॥ जालपादस्ततो भूत्वा वर्षाणि दश पञ्च च ॥
jālapādaṃ bhakṣayitvā yastu mām upasarpati || jālapādastato bhūtvā varṣāṇi daśa pañca ca ||
जो कोई जालपाद खाके मेरे पास आता है, वो जालपाद बन जाता है। पंद्रह साल तक ऐसा रहना पड़ता है।
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of ethical narration where transgression is expressed through symbolic consequences and time-bound states, aligning with broader prāyaścitta (expiation) literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment.
The verse frames a transgressive act (eating a prohibited/marked being) as generating a consequential state, introducing the logic that actions entail specific results requiring remedy.
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