Varaha Purana 136.2 — Adhyaya 136, Shloka 2
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
तच्छृणुष्व महाभागे कथ्यमानं मया अनघे ॥ जायते षष्टिवर्षाणि कुष्ठी गात्रपरिप्लुतः
tac chṛṇuṣva mahābhāge kathyamānaṁ mayā anaghe | jāyate ṣaṣṭivarṣāṇi kuṣṭhī gātra-pariplutaḥ ||
Dengarlah, wahai yang amat beruntung dan tidak bercela, apa yang aku nyatakan: seseorang dilahirkan selama enam puluh tahun sebagai penghidap kusta, dengan tubuh diliputi penyakit itu.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Varāha continues addressing Bhū-devī (‘mahābhāge… anaghe’), explaining consequences."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"concerned/attentive","key_question":"What specific karmic result follows from the stated ritual offence?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"The offence results in a prolonged diseased birth: sixty years as a leper, body pervaded by affliction.","karmic_consequence":"Severe embodied suffering (kuṣṭha) across a long lifespan as the ripening of ritual aparādha."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Karma-phala","core_concept":"Actions in sacred contexts carry intensified moral weight; negligence in worship can manifest as embodied suffering.","practical_application":"Cultivate carefulness (apramāda) in ritual life; when mistakes occur, seek timely prāyaścitta rather than denial."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice"]
Primary Rasa: भयानक
Secondary Rasa: करुण
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 136.1 (offence defined); Varāha Purāṇa 136.3–136.4 (further consequence and partial redemption)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha solemnly describes the karmic outcome—leprosy for sixty years—while Bhū-devī listens with grave attention.","item_prompts":["Varāha teaching posture","Bhū-devī attentive","visual metaphor of disease (shadowed figure or afflicted body silhouette)","scroll/palm-leaf indicating ‘rule-set’","somber color palette"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Strong narrative contrast: luminous deity figures with a darkened symbolic afflicted figure in the margin; emphasis on moral warning.","tanjore_prompt":"Deity figures richly adorned; consequence shown symbolically (dark cloud/affliction motif) rather than graphic realism; gold highlights on halos.","mysore_prompt":"Subtle, dignified depiction—no gore; use muted tones to suggest suffering and gravity.","pahari_prompt":"Narrative panel style: teacher and listener foreground; consequence hinted via small vignette of an afflicted person in background."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"grave, admonitory","suggested_raga":"Darbari Kanada","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"low, weighty"}
FAQs
It exemplifies the Purāṇic didactic style that links ritual fault to embodied consequence, a common rhetorical strategy to encode norms and discourage transgression.
No geographic site is named in this verse.
That ritual offences are portrayed as leading to severe consequences, motivating adherence to prescribed conduct and the need for expiation.
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