Varaha Purana 136.46: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 46
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे श्मशानं मे जुगुप्सितम् ॥ विना तु कृतसंस्कारो मम कर्मपरायणः ॥
etat te kathitaṁ bhadre śmaśānaṁ me jugupsitam || vinā tu kṛtasaṁskāro mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ ||
मैंने तुम्हे यह बताया है, बेटा। वो श्मशान मुझे बिल्कुल पसंद नहीं है। लेकिन सही कर्म करना छोड़ दिए बिना मैं अपना काम करता रहता हूँ।
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It documents the tension between aversion to impurity and commitment to prescribed duty, a recurring theme in Dharma-oriented Sanskrit literature.
The cremation-ground (śmaśāna) is mentioned generically; no specific locality is named in the excerpt.
Even when a setting is considered impure or undesirable, adherence to proper rites (saṁskāra) and duty (karma) is presented as the regulating principle.
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