Varaha Purana 179.3: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 3
Enumeration of Ritual Offenses and Their Expiations; The Sacred Merit of Saukara and Mathurā Pilgrimage
श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ये पापरुचयो जनाः ॥ भक्षणं दन्तकाष्ठस्य राजान्नस्य तु भोजनम् ॥
śrīvarāha uvāca || karmaṇā manasā vācā ye pāparucayo janāḥ || bhakṣaṇaṃ dantakāṣṭhasya rājānnasya tu bhojanam ||
वराह भगवान बोले। जो लोग मन, बात और करम से पाप करते हैं। वो दातुन खाते हैं। राजा का खाना खाते हैं, यह गलत है।
Varāha
FAQs
It preserves a normative list-format typical of dharma and Purāṇic texts, where conduct and consumption practices are used to define purity and social discipline.
No location is mentioned; the emphasis is behavioral classification.
To avoid actions characterized as impure or improper, especially those linked to consumption and social contexts that the text treats as ethically risky.
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