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Varaha Purana 179.11: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 11

Enumeration of Ritual Offenses and Their Expiations; The Sacred Merit of Saukara and Mathurā Pilgrimage

चान्द्रायणद्वयं कुर्याद्गुरोः क्षयितमुत्तमम् ॥ चान्द्रायणं पराकं च पतितान्नस्य भक्षणात्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 179.11

cāndrāyaṇadvayaṃ kuryād guroḥ kṣayitam uttamam || cāndrāyaṇaṃ parākaṃ ca patitānnasya bhakṣaṇāt

गुरु के साथ गलत हरकत की हो तो दो बार चांद्रायण व्रत करना पड़ता है। यह बड़ा बड़ा व्रत है। अगर किसी गिरने वाले आदमी का खाना खा लिया हो, तो एक चांद्रायण और एक पराक व्रत करना पड़ेगा।

चान्द्रायणद्वयम्two Cāndrāyaṇa penances
चान्द्रायणद्वयम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचान्द्रायण-द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: चान्द्रायण + द्वय ('two cāndrāyaṇa rites')
कुर्यात्should perform
कुर्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
गुरोःof the guru
गुरोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन
क्षयितम्diminished/ruined
क्षयितम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षयित (कृदन्त; √क्षि/क्षय्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)
उत्तमम्excellent/supreme
उत्तमम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; superlative
चान्द्रायणम्Cāndrāyaṇa penance
चान्द्रायणम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचान्द्रायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
पराकम्Parāka penance
पराकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपराक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; name of a penance
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय
पतितान्नस्यof fallen/impure food
पतितान्नस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपतित-अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: पतित + अन्न ('food of/for an outcaste; fallen food')
भक्षणात्from eating; due to consumption
भक्षणात्:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ablative of cause

Varāha (default instructor framework)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
P
Prāyaścitta
S
Social Norms

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It documents standardized penances (Cāndrāyaṇa, Parāka) also known from Dharmaśāstra traditions, showing how Purāṇas transmit and reframe legal-ritual norms.

No geographic reference appears in this verse.

Dietary and social boundaries are treated as ethically consequential; transgression is met not with coercion but with a codified regimen of self-discipline and restitution.

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