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Varaha Purana 131.4: Adhyaya 131, Shloka 4

Expiation for Chewing the Tooth-stick

Dantakāṣṭha

श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ शृणु सुन्दरी तत्त्वेन कथ्यमानं मयाऽनघे ॥ येन चैका पराधेन पूर्वकर्म प्रणश्यति ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 131.4

śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu sundarī tattvena kathyamānaṃ mayā ’naghe || yena caikāparādhena pūrvakarma praṇaśyati ||

Śrī Varāha bersabda: “Dengarlah, wahai yang jelita, wahai yang tidak bercela; akan aku nyatakan menurut hakikatnya: bagaimana satu pelanggaran menyebabkan karma terdahulu lenyap.”

श्रीवराहLord Varaha
श्रीवराह:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री-वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); समासः कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् वराहः)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद
सुन्दरीO beautiful one
सुन्दरी:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), सम्बोधन (Voc.), एकवचन (sg.)
तत्त्वेनin truth; truly
तत्त्वेन:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg.)
कथ्यमानम्being told; being explained
कथ्यमानम्:
Karma (कर्म) विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootकथ् (धातु) (कृदन्त: वर्तमान-काल-कर्तरि/कर्मणि?—कर्मणि प्रयोगे शानच्/मान)
Formवर्तमान-कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle, -मान), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.); कर्म (वचनम्/वृत्तान्तः) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
मयाby me
मया:
Kartr (कर्ता) / Agent-instrument (कर्तृ-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg.)
अनघेO sinless lady
अनघे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), सम्बोधन (Voc.), एकवचन (sg.)
येनby which
येन:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.)/पुंलिङ्ग?—अत्र साधनार्थे, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg.)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
एकापराधेनby a single offense
एकापराधेन:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootएक-अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg.); समासः कर्मधारयः
पूर्वकर्मprevious karma
पूर्वकर्म:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्व-कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (पूर्वं कर्म = earlier deed)
प्रणश्यतिperishes; is destroyed
प्रणश्यति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
Formलट्-लकार (Pres.), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद

Varāha

P
Purāṇic Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Didacticism
P
Prāyaścitta

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It introduces a formal explanation typical of Purāṇic pedagogy, where a divine speaker frames a rule-like teaching on offense and expiation.

No location is identified; the verse functions as a transition into doctrinal exposition.

It signals that moral and ritual lapses can have disproportionate consequences, motivating careful adherence to conduct and expiatory rules.

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