Varaha Purana 179.10: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 10
Enumeration of Ritual Offenses and Their Expiations; The Sacred Merit of Saukara and Mathurā Pilgrimage
दूरस्थो न नमस्कारं कुर्यात्पूजा तु राक्षसी ॥ एकरात्रं द्विरात्रं वा त्रिरात्रं स्नानमेव च ॥ सवासाः पञ्चगव्याशी मलसंवस्त्रकं क्रमात् ॥ नीलिरक्षापनॊदार्थं गोमयेन प्रघर्षणम् ॥ प्राजापत्येन शुद्धिः स्यान्नीलिवस्त्रस्य धारणात्
dūrastho na namaskāraṃ kuryātpūjā tu rākṣasī || ekarātraṃ dvirātraṃ vā trirātraṃ snānameva ca || savāsāḥ pañcagavyāśī malasaṃvastrakaṃ kramāt || nīlīrakṣāpanodārthaṃ gomayena pragharṣaṇam || prājāpatyena śuddhiḥ syān nīlīvastrasya dhāraṇāt
अगर कोई दूर से खड़ा होकर प्रणाम करे, वो पूजा गलत है। उसको राक्षसी कहते हैं। एक रात, दो रात, या तीन रात तक नहाना पड़ेगा। कपड़े पहन के पाँच गव्य लेना है। गोबर से मल करने से नीली पाप दूर होती है। फिर प्राजापत्य व्रत से शुद्ध मिलता है।
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It preserves a snapshot of medieval/early ritual-purity discourse: graded bathing periods, pañcagavya usage, and named expiations (prājāpatya), reflecting intersections between Purāṇic instruction and normative ritual manuals.
No location is specified; the verse concerns general ritual protocol and purification measures.
Ritual acts should be performed with proper conditions and decorum; when impurity or procedural fault occurs, structured remediation (bathing, dietary observance, prescribed vows) is recommended.
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