Varaha Purana 136.9: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 9
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
मम दोषापराधस्य शृणु तत्त्वेन यत्फलम् ॥ जम्बुको जायते भूमौ वर्षाणां नव पञ्च च ॥
mama doṣāparādhasya śṛṇu tattvena yatphalam || jambuko jāyate bhūmau varṣāṇāṃ nava pañca ca ||
मेरे गलती और गुनाह का असल फल सुनो। यह धरती पर पैदा होते हो जैसे लोमड़ी। और चौदह साल तक ऐसा ही रहना पड़ता है।
Unspecified (dialogue frame suggests Varāha addressing Pṛthivī, but not explicit in this verse)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic didactic mode in which ethical transgression is explained through karmic consequence and rebirth imagery, used to communicate moral causality in narrative form.
No specific toponym is named in this verse; it only states 'on the earth' (bhūmau).
Actions described as fault/offense (doṣa–aparādha) are presented as producing concrete consequences, underscoring moral accountability.
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