Varaha Purana 136.32: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 32
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
Uttara Bhāga · Śiva–Viṣṇu Saṃvāda (Pāpa-śodhana / Tripura-vadha-anantara)
तव विष्णो प्रसादेन मया तत्त्रिपुरं हतम् ॥ निहता दानवास्तत्र गर्भिण्यश्च निपातिताः
tava viṣṇo prasādena mayā tat tripuraṃ hatam || nihatā dānavās tatra garbhiṇyaś ca nipātitāḥ
tava viShNo prasAdena mayA tattripuraM hatam || nihatA dAnavAstatra garbhiNyashcha nipAtitAH
ດ້ວຍຄວາມເມດຕາຂອງທ່ານ, ໂອ ວິດສະໜູ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ທໍລະມານຕີປູຣະນັ້ນ; ທີ່ນັ້ນ, ພວກດານວະຖືກສັງຫາລິດ, ແລະ ແມ້ນແຕ່ເມຍຍິງທີ່ຖືພາກໍ່ຖືກໂຄ່ນລົ້ມ.
Śiva (Rudra/Hara) (context: confessing consequences of Tripura-vadha)
Merit of purpose does not erase the moral weight of means and consequences; harm to the vulnerable (including the unborn) is singled out as a grave stain requiring acknowledgement.
In leadership or conflict, minimize harm, protect non-combatants, and when harm occurs, confess, make amends, and undertake purification rather than rationalization.
Even divinely-sanctioned violence that causes collateral harm generates pāpa-doṣa; one should seek expiation and corrective dharma rather than justify the act by success alone.
Unaddressed pāpa leads to loss of śakti/aiśvarya and inner disturbance; undertaking prāyaścitta and dharmic repair restores capacity and clarity.
Continuation into 136.36–37: the described pāpa-doṣa results in paralysis and loss of yogic power, prompting a request for remedy.
FAQs
It documents an ethical register within Purāṇic narrative: even mythic victories are followed by reflection on unintended harm, a theme relevant to dharma-oriented literature.
Tripura is named as a mythic locus rather than a clearly mappable historical geography in this excerpt.
A cautionary principle: success achieved through force can entail moral consequences, prompting the search for purification and accountability.
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