Varaha Purana 179.18: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 18
Enumeration of Ritual Offenses and Their Expiations; The Sacred Merit of Saukara and Mathurā Pilgrimage
मुहूर्तमात्रे सा देवी संज्ञां प्राप्येदमब्रवीत् ॥ अपराधे कृते देव सूतकी हि प्रजायते
muhūrtamātre sā devī saṃjñāṃ prāpyedam abravīt || aparādhe kṛte deva sūtakī hi prajāyate
एक पल में वो देवी होश में आई और बोली। जब कोई गलती हो जाती है, तो सूतक लग जाता है।
Pṛthivī (default: the goddess/inquirer within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame)
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It links ‘offense’ (aparādha) with ‘impurity’ (sūtaka), illustrating how moral and ritual categories can overlap in Purāṇic discourse and shaping later temple and household purity norms.
No geographic location is identified in this verse.
The verse frames wrongdoing as having consequences that require recognition and remediation, conceptualized here as an ensuing state of impurity.
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