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Varaha Purana 136.53: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 53

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

यावकेन दिनैकं तु गोमूत्रेण च कारयेत् ॥ रात्रौ वीरासनं कुर्यादाकाशशयने वसेत्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.53

yāvakena dinaikaṃ tu gomūtreṇa ca kārayet || rātrau vīrāsanaṃ kuryād ākāśaśayane vaset

ഒരു ദിവസം യാവക (യവാദി ധാന്യം)യും ഗോമൂത്രവും ഉപയോഗിച്ച് (വ്രതം) ആചരിക്കണം. രാത്രിയിൽ വീരാസനത്തിൽ ഇരിക്കുകയും തുറന്ന ആകാശത്തിന് കീഴിൽ ശയിക്കുകയും വേണം.

यावकेनwith barley-gruel (yāvaka)
यावकेन:
करण (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयावक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन
दिनैकम्for one day
दिनैकम्:
कालाधिकरण (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन + एक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/काल-परिमाण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (एकं दिनम्)
तुthen/indeed
तु:
निपात (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात
गोमूत्रेणwith cow-urine
गोमूत्रेण:
करण (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगो + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष (गोः मूत्रम्)
चand
च:
निपात (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक निपात
कारयेत्should cause to be done / should perform (as prescribed)
कारयेत्:
क्रिया (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) (णिच् causative: कारय-)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) प्रयोगः
रात्रौat night
रात्रौ:
कालाधिकरण (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन (वैदिक/प्रयोगभेद रूप)
वीरासनम्the vīrāsana posture
वीरासनम्:
कर्म (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवीर + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वीराणाम् आसनम् / ‘hero-posture seat’)
कुर्यात्should do
कुर्यात्:
क्रिया (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
आकाशशयनेon a bed in the open sky / under the sky
आकाशशयने:
अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootआकाश + शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (आकाशे शयनम्)
वसेत्should dwell, should stay
वसेत्:
क्रिया (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
R
Ritual Expiation
A
Ascetic Observances

FAQs

It documents a stylized expiatory regimen typical of Dharma and Purāṇic literature, useful for reconstructing premodern ritual-ethical practices.

No location is specified; the practice is described as a portable observance.

Self-discipline through restricted diet and austere conduct is presented as a method of moral purification.

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