Varaha Purana 68.15: Adhyaya 68, Shloka 15
Dharma Across the Four Yugas, the Disruption of Social Conduct, and Ritual Purification from Varṇa-Mixing Transgressions
राजजाया आत्मजा चैव अगम्या मुख्यतः स्त्रियः । रजकादिषु चान्याश्च स्त्रियोऽगम्याः प्रकीर्तिताः । अगम्यागमनं चैतत् कृतं पापाय जायते ॥ ६८.१५ ॥
rājajāyā ātmajā caiva agamyā mukhyataḥ striyaḥ | rajakādiṣu cānyāś ca striyo 'gamyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | agamyāgamanaṃ caitat kṛtaṃ pāpāya jāyate || 68.15 ||
राजा की बीवी और अपनी बेटी, इनके साथ गलत रिश्ता रखना मना है। धोबी जैसी औरतें भी इसी में आती हैं। यह सब औरतें जिन्हों के साथ रिश्ता मना है, उनके बारे में बताया गया है। अगर कोई मना हुए रिश्ते में फंस गया, तो उसका पाप बनता है।
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It reflects a dharma-śāstric register within Purāṇic literature, illustrating how Purāṇas often incorporate normative ethical lists and social prohibitions alongside narrative and cosmological material.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the content is ethical and social rather than topographical.
The verse states that sexual relations with certain categories of women deemed ‘forbidden’ (agamyā) are considered wrongdoing and are said to generate pāpa (demerit).
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