Varaha Purana 135.45: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 45

Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda

Devanagari script

पानीयं तु ततो भुक्ता तिष्ठेत्सप्तदिनं ततः ॥ अक्षारलवणं सप्त सक्तुभिश्च तथा त्रयः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 135.45

Transliteration

pānīyaṃ tu tato bhuktā tiṣṭhetsaptadinaṃ tataḥ || akṣāralavaṇaṃ sapta saktubhiś ca tathā trayaḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് വെള്ളം മാത്രം കുടിച്ച് അതിനുശേഷം ഏഴുദിവസം അങ്ങനെ തന്നെ നിലകൊള്ളണം. തുടർന്ന് ഏഴുദിവസം ക്ഷാരവും ലവണവും ഒഴിവാക്കി, അതുപോലെ മൂന്നു ദിവസം സക്തു (വറുത്ത മാവ്) സ്വീകരിക്കണം.

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Word by Word

• pānīyam: water (drink)
• pānīyam: Karma (कर्म/द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pānīya (पानीय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: then / indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (ततः)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय); 'thereafter/from that'

• bhuktvā: having consumed
• bhuktvā: Purvakāla-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (भुज्-धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त); 'having eaten/drunk'

• tiṣṭhet: should remain
• tiṣṭhet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था-धातु)
• Form: Present optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada

• sapta-dinam: for seven days
• sapta-dinam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण/अवधि-द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (सप्तन्-प्रातिपदिक) + dina (दिन-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); duration-accusative; dvigu compound meaning 'seven days'

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (ततः)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• akṣāra-lavaṇam: alkali and salt
• akṣāra-lavaṇam: Karma (कर्म/द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣāra (अक्षार-प्रातिपदिक) + lavaṇa (लवण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); dvandva 'alkali and salt' (as a combined item)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptan (सप्तन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्यावाचक); qualifying an implied duration/measure

• saktubhiḥ: with barley-flour/roasted-grain meal
• saktubhiḥ: Karana (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saktu (सक्तु-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• trayaḥ: three
• trayaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trayas (त्रयस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral 'three' (used elliptically for 'three [days/measures]')

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Prāyaścitta
• Sanskrit Dietetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a graded austerity protocol, valuable for mapping Purāṇic penitential practices across textual corpora.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is identified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ethical repair is framed through incremental restraint and regulated consumption.