Varaha Purana 136.95: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 95
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
सूकरत्वात्परिभ्रष्टः श्वा भवेच्च जुगुप्सितः ॥ ततः श्वत्त्वात्परिभ्रष्टो मानुषेषूपजायते
sūkaratvāt paribhraṣṭaḥ śvā bhavec ca jugupsitaḥ || tataḥ śvattvāt paribhraṣṭo mānuṣeṣūpajāyate
सूअर की ज़िन्दगी से गिर के तू कुत्ता बन जाता है, जो लोगों को पसंद नहीं आता। फिर कुत्ते की ज़िन्दगी से गिर के तू इंसान में जन्म लेता है।
Varāha
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It reflects a widespread Indic didactic pattern: moral causality represented through a graded sequence of births, offering comparative material for Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstric ethics.
No geographic location is mentioned.
It conveys the idea of moral causation across lifetimes and implies the value of reform to avoid degrading states.
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