Varaha Purana 136.78: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 78
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
तस्य वक्ष्यामि सुश्रोणि प्रायश्चित्तं महौजसम् ॥ येन गच्छति संसारं मम भक्तो व्यवस्थितः ॥
tasya vakṣyāmi suśroṇi prāyaścittaṃ mahaujasam | yena gacchati saṃsāraṃ mama bhakto vyavasthitaḥ ||
ഹേ സുഷ്രോണി, അതിനായി ഞാൻ മഹാശക്തിയുള്ള പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു; അതിലൂടെ എന്റെ ഭക്തൻ ശാസനയിൽ സ്ഥിരനായി സംസാരഭ്രമണം അതിക്രമിക്കുന്നു।
Varāha
FAQs
It signals a transition from consequence-narration to prescriptive remedy, typical of Purāṇic instructional sequencing (problem → result → expiation).
No geographic location is identified; the focus is on saṃsāra as a conceptual domain.
Ethical lapses are framed as remediable through disciplined expiation, presented as a means of stabilizing conduct and reducing saṃsāric entanglement.
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