Varaha Purana 211.11: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 11
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
सर्वपापकृतान्दोषान्दहत्याशु न संशयः ॥ धेनुस्तनाद्विनिष्क्रान्तां धारां क्षीरस्य यो नरः ॥
sarvapāpakṛtān doṣān dahaty āśu na saṃśayaḥ || dhenustanād viniṣkrāntāṃ dhārāṃ kṣīrasya yo naraḥ ||
इसमे कोई शक नहीं कि यह सब पाप के दाग को जल्दी मिटा देता है। जो इंसान गाये का दूध पी ले, जो उसके थन से निकलता है, उसके सारे पाप धुल जाते हैं।
Yama
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It records a purificatory rationale expressed in the idiom of ‘burning faults,’ characteristic of prāyaścitta discussions in Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is mentioned.
The verse presents purification as remediation of moral ‘faults’ (doṣa) through prescribed observances involving culturally valorized substances.
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