Varaha Purana 136.106: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 106
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
पायसेन दिनत्रय्यां त्रिदिनं सक्तुना तथा ॥ त्रिदिनं वायुभक्षोऽपि आकाशशयनस्त्रिकम् ॥
pāyasena dinatrayyāṃ tridinaṃ saktunā tathā || tridinaṃ vāyubhakṣo'pi ākāśaśayanastrikam ||
तीन दिन दूध-चावल खाओ। फिर तीन दिन सत्तू खाओ। फिर तीन दिन कुछ मत खाओ, बस हवा से काम चलाओ। और तीन दिन आसमान के नीचे सो जाओ।
Varāha
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It preserves a graded regimen of austerities (from specific foods to near-fasting and outdoor sleeping), illustrating the spectrum of expiatory asceticism in Purāṇic sources.
No named location; “sleeping in the open sky” indicates an exposed setting rather than a specific site.
Ethical repair is linked with voluntary austerity, emphasizing disciplined restraint as a means of moral recalibration.
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