Varaha Purana 136.18: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 18
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
प्रणष्टमानसैश्वर्यो नष्टा माया च योगिनः ॥ विवर्णवदनो भूत्वा तिष्ठते स महेश्वरः ॥
praṇaṣṭamānasa aiśvaryo naṣṭā māyā ca yoginaḥ || vivarṇavadano bhūtvā tiṣṭhate sa maheśvaraḥ ||
उसकी मन की ताकत चली गई। उसकी योग की शक्ति भी टूट गई। अब महेश्वर का चेहरा पीला पड़ गया है। वो वैसे ही खड़ा है।
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It integrates yoga/psychological vocabulary (mānasa, aiśvarya, māyā) into an ethical narrative, illustrating how Purāṇas blend ascetic concepts with moral causality.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
Wrongdoing is depicted as eroding inner mastery and effective agency; ethical failure has psychological and social consequences, not only external penalties.
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