Varaha Purana 136.84: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 84

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

न तस्य धर्मो विद्येत एवमेतन्न संशयः ॥ अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि येन तस्मात्प्रमुच्यते ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 136.84

Transliteration

na tasya dharmo vidyeta evametanna saṃśayaḥ || anyacca te pravakṣyāmi yena tasmātpramucyate ||

Translation

ສໍາລັບຜູ້ນັ້ນ ທໍາມະບໍ່ຖືກຮັບຮູ້—ແທ້ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ບໍ່ມີຄວາມສົງໄສ. ແລະຂ້ອຍຈະບອກອີກຢ່າງ ທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ພົ້ນຈາກໂທດນັ້ນໄດ້.

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Word by Word

• na: not

• tasya: for him/of him

• dharmaḥ: dharma (right order/duty)

• vidyeta: would be found/recognized

• evam: thus

• etat: this

• na saṃśayaḥ: no doubt

• anyat ca: and something else

• te: to you

• pravakṣyāmi: I will explain

• yena: by which

• tasmāt: from that

• pramucyate: is freed/released

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructional voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Moral Philosophy
• Ritual Law

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It uses a common Purāṇic didactic pivot—stating a fault and then introducing an expiation—mirroring dharmaśāstric pedagogical structure.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

A lapse in offering-duty is framed as a dharmic deficiency, but the text also provides a method of remediation.