Varaha Purana 136.62: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 62

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

किल्बिषाद्येन मुच्येत मम कर्मपरायणः ॥ फलाहारो दिनान्सप्त सप्त मूलाशनस्तथा

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.62

Transliteration

kilbiṣād yena mucyeta mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || phalāhāro dinān sapta sapta mūlāśanas tathā

Translation

ഇതിനാൽ എനിക്കനുസൃതമായ കര്‍മങ്ങളിൽ പരായണനായവൻ പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും: അവൻ ഏഴ് ദിവസം ഫലാഹാരം, അതുപോലെ ഏഴ് ദിവസം മൂലാഹാരം ആചരിക്കണം.

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Word by Word

• kilbiṣa: sin/offense

• yena: by which

• mucyeta: may be freed

• mama: my

• karma-parāyaṇaḥ: devoted to (proper) action

• phala-āhāraḥ: subsisting on fruit

• dinān: days (acc. pl.)

• sapta: seven

• mūla-āśanaḥ: subsisting on roots

• tathā: likewise

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ascetic Practices
• Ritual Dietetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a standardized penitential diet sequence, illustrating how food regulation functions as a ritual technology of purification in Purāṇic culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference appears in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Self-restraint, especially through regulated diet, is presented as a means to address moral fault and restore purity.