Varaha Purana 136.54: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 54
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
न स गच्छति संसारं मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥ वराहमांसनेन तु यो मम कुर्वीत प्रापणम्
na sa gacchati saṃsāraṃ mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || varāhamāṃsena tu yo mama kurvīta prāpaṇam
वो फिर से जनम-मरण के चक्कर में नहीं पड़ता। वो सीधा मेरे पास आता है। लेकिन जो कोई सुअर का मांस लेकर मुझे भोग लगाता है।
Varāha
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It juxtaposes liberation-oriented promise with a cautionary transition to a specific prohibited/criticized act, a common rhetorical structure in didactic Purāṇas.
None; the verse concerns moral consequence rather than place.
The passage contrasts approved observance leading to purification with an impending warning about improper offerings.
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