Varaha Purana 211.95: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 95
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
स ब्रह्महा सुरापश्च स स्तेयी गुरुतल्पगः ॥ एकादश्यां तु यो भुङ्क्ते पक्षयोरुभयोऽपि ॥
sa brahmahā surāpaś ca sa steyī gurutalpagaḥ || ekādaśyāṁ tu yo bhuṅkte pakṣayor ubhayor api ||
जो कोई एकादशी को खाना खाता है, वो बराबर है ब्राह्मण को मारने वाले के, शराबी के, चोर के, और गुरु की बीवी के साथ गलत काम करने वाले के।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in verse)
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It uses the idiom of ‘great transgressions’ (mahāpātaka-like rhetoric) to enforce fasting norms, illustrating how Purāṇic texts encode ritual discipline through strong ethical-legal language.
No geographic location is mentioned.
Observe restraint on Ekādaśī; the verse emphasizes the seriousness of violating a vowed discipline.
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