Varaha Purana 136.50: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 50
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
तस्य वै शृणु सुश्रोणि प्रायश्चित्तं सुशोधनम् ॥ उलूको दश वर्षाणि कच्छपस्तु समास्त्रयः
tasya vai śṛṇu suśroṇi prāyaścittaṃ suśodhanam || ulūko daśa varṣāṇi kacchapas tu samāstrayaḥ
अब उसका प्रायश्चित सुनो, जो सब साफ़ कर देता है। उल्लू बनके दस साल बिताने पड़ते हैं और कछुआ बनके भी काफ़ी साल लगते हैं।
Varāha
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It preserves a common Purāṇic pedagogical device: illustrating ethical transgression and correction through vivid rebirth outcomes and expiation formulas.
No geographic location is specified here; the focus is on prāyaścitta and karmic consequence.
Harmful actions are framed as leading to adverse rebirths, while expiation is presented as a means of purification.
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