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Varaha Purana 136.4: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 4

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

मद्भक्तश्चैव जायेत शुद्धे भागवते गृहे ॥ प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि दीपस्य स्पर्शनाद्भुवि

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.4

madbhaktaś caiva jāyeta śuddhe bhāgavate gṛhe | prāyaścittaṁ pravakṣyāmi dīpasya sparśanād bhuvi ||

ಆಗ ಅವನು ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಭಕ್ತನಾಗಿ ಶುದ್ಧ ಭಾಗವತನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಜನ್ಮಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ದೀಪಸ್ಪರ್ಶದಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾದ ದೋಷಕ್ಕೆ ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತವನ್ನು ನಾನು ವಿವರಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ।

mad-bhaktaḥmy devotee
mad-bhaktaḥ:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
jāyetawould be born
jāyeta:
śuddhepure
śuddhe:
bhāgavateof a Bhāgavata/devotee of Bhagavat
bhāgavate:
gṛhein a house
gṛhe:
prāyaścittamexpiation
prāyaścittam:
pravakṣyāmiI will explain
pravakṣyāmi:
dīpasyaof the lamp
dīpasya:
sparśanātfrom touching
sparśanāt:
bhuvion earth
bhuvi:

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
D
Devotional Culture

FAQs

It frames expiation not only as removal of fault but as reintegration into a ‘pure’ devotional social setting, reflecting the Purāṇic blending of ritual and bhakti idioms.

No specific place-name is given; ‘bhuvi’ indicates the earthly sphere in general.

That a defined expiation exists for the specified offence, and that purification is articulated through both ritual correction and moral-social reorientation.

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