Varaha Purana 179.1: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 1
Enumeration of Ritual Offenses and Their Expiations; The Sacred Merit of Saukara and Mathurā Pilgrimage
धरण्युवाच ॥ तवापराधाद्देवेश वर्ज्योऽयं वैष्णवेन च ॥ विनापराधो मनुजः सापराधश्च जायते ॥
dharaṇy uvāca || tavāparādhād deveśa varjyo 'yaṃ vaiṣṇavena ca || vināparādho manujaḥ sāparādhaś ca jāyate ||
धरणी ने कहा, देवी, आपका अपराध हो गया तो आदमी को छोड़ देना चाहिए। विष्णु के भक्त भी उससे दूर रहते हैं। बिना अपराध वाला आदमी भी अपराध करके बदनाम हो जाता है।
Pṛthivī (Dharāṇī)
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It documents a Purāṇic ethical category—aparādha—used to define community boundaries and norms of conduct within devotional and ritual contexts.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is a doctrinal exchange within the dialogue framework.
It emphasizes that culpability is constituted through acts of offense, and that certain offenders are portrayed as socially/ritually avoidable within the text’s value system.
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