Varaha Purana 139.35: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 35
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
ततः प्रोवाच तं श्वादं मानुषाहारलोलुपः ॥ अथेह दशरात्रं मे निराहारस्य तिष्ठतः ॥
tataḥ provāca taṃ śvādaṃ mānuṣāhāralolupaḥ || atheha daśarātraṃ me nirāhārasya tiṣṭhataḥ ||
वो इंसान का खाना खाना चाहता था। उसने श्वपक से कहा, मैं दस दिन से कुछ खाया नहीं, भूखा बैठा हूँ।
Varāha (narrating); direct speech attributed to the brahmarākṣasa
FAQs
It combines ascetic vocabulary (nirāhāra, daśarātra) with a predatory motif, showing how Purāṇas juxtapose restraint and transgression for narrative tension.
No geographic location is specified.
The passage critiques craving (lolupatā) as a destabilizing force, contrasting it implicitly with disciplined practice.
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