Varaha Purana 134.3: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 3
Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure
Upaspṛśya
आकाशशयनं कृत्वा दिनानि दश पञ्च च ॥ मुच्यते किल्बिषात्तत्र देवि चैव न संशयः ॥
ākāśaśayanaṃ kṛtvā dināni daśa pañca ca || mucyate kilbiṣāttatra devi caiva na saṃśayaḥ ||
ആകാശശയനം ചെയ്ത് പത്ത് ദിവസവും പിന്നെയും അഞ്ചു ദിവസവും ആചരിച്ചാൽ, ദേവീ, അവൻ അവിടെ പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.
Varāha (contextual continuation)
FAQs
It documents a concrete, bodily form of expiation typical of Dharma and Purāṇic literature, useful for comparative study of penance systems.
No named place; the practice is described generally as sleeping under the open sky.
That corrective discipline can be enacted through time-bound austerity intended to acknowledge and remediate fault.
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