Varaha Purana 136.45: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 45
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
Uttara Bhāga · Narrative Closure and Śmaśāna Setting
एवं रुद्रं वरं दत्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरहितोऽभवम् ॥ रुद्रोऽपि भ्रमते तत्र श्मशाने पापसंवृते ॥
evaṁ rudraṁ varaṁ dattvā tatraivāntarhito 'bhavam || rudro 'pi bhramate tatra śmaśāne pāpasaṁvṛte ||
evaM rudraM varaM dattvA tatraivAntarhito.abhavam || rudro.api bhramate tatra shmashAne pApasaMvRRite
Demikianlah, setelah mengurniakan anugerah kepada Rudra, aku pun lenyap di tempat itu juga. Rudra pula merayau di sana, di tanah pembakaran mayat yang diselubungi dosa.
Varāha
Curious, receiving a cautionary mythic account about impurity and place
Implicit: what happened at that sin-laden cremation-ground and what is its ethical/ritual meaning?
Certain spaces (like śmaśāna) intensify tamas/impurity and demand discernment; divine boons do not erase the moral texture of a place
Approach death-spaces with ritual caution; do not romanticize transgression—seek purification and right conduct
Narrating to Bhū-devī
Varāha Purāṇa 136.51–54 (transition to prāyaścitta)
FAQs
It demonstrates a narrative technique where the narrator/instructor withdraws after issuing a boon, while the affected figure remains in a liminal space—typical of Purāṇic moral-ritual storytelling.
The śmaśāna (cremation-ground) is identified as the setting, but not with a specific place-name in this excerpt.
It underscores the persistence of consequence: even after receiving instruction or boon, one may remain bound to a process of expiation until purification is completed.
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