Varaha Purana 136.97: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 97
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
य एतेन विधानॆन वसुधे कर्म कारयेत् ॥ न स लिप्येत पापेन एवमेतन्न संशयः
ya etena vidhānena vasudhe karma kārayet || na sa lipyeta pāpena evam etan na saṁśayaḥ
हे धरती, जो कोई इस तरह से यह काम करवाता है, उसको पाप नहीं लगता। यह बात पक्की है, कोई शक नहीं।
Varāha
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It reflects a technical ethical-ritual logic: properly executed expiation prevents moral contamination, a theme shared across Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstric corpora.
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Follow the prescribed procedure for expiation so that wrongdoing does not continue to ‘adhere’ as moral taint.
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