Varaha Purana 136.72: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 72
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
कथं मुच्येत देवेश प्रायश्चित्तं वद प्रभो ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ यो मे कुसुम्भशाकेन प्रापणं कुरुते नरः ॥
kathaṃ mucyeta deveśa prāyaścittaṃ vada prabho | śrīvarāha uvāca | yo me kusumbhaśākena prāpaṇaṃ kurute naraḥ ||
‘ഹേ ദേവേശാ! അവൻ എങ്ങനെ മോചിതനാകും? ഹേ പ്രഭോ, പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം പറയുക.’ ശ്രീവരാഹൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ‘എനിക്ക് കുസുംഭ-ശാകംകൊണ്ട് (നൈവേദ്യം) നൽകുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ…’
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It preserves a structured inquiry-response format that parallels Dharma-śāstra expiation discussions, but presented through Purāṇic narrative voice.
No location is identified; the verse is procedural and dialogic.
When a fault is associated with an offering act, an appropriate expiatory procedure is to be sought rather than ignored.
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