Varaha Purana 134.2: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 2

Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure

Upaspṛśya

Devanagari script

मूर्खो भवति सुश्रोणि मम कर्मपरायणः ॥ प्रायश्चित्तविधिं देवि येन मुच्येत किल्बिषात् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 134.2

Transliteration

mūrkho bhavati suśroṇi mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || prāyaścittavidhiṃ devi yena mucyeta kilbiṣāt ||

Translation

"Staje się głupcem, o piękno-biodra, nawet jeśli jest oddany moim obrzędom; dlatego, o bogini, naucz metody pokuty, przez którą można zostać uwolnionym od występku."

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Word by Word

• मूर्खः: a fool
• मूर्खः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सु-श्रोणि: O fair-hipped one
• सु-श्रोणि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + श्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (सुश्रोणिः = सुन्दरश्रोणिः)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्म-परायणः: devoted to (my) rites
• कर्म-परायणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रायश्चित्त-विधिम्: the expiation procedure
• प्रायश्चित्त-विधिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (करणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• मुच्येत: may be freed
• मुच्येत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (passive sense: ‘be released’)

• किल्बिषात्: from sin
• किल्बिषात्: Apādāna (अपादानम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (contextual continuation)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Prāyaścitta

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows the pedagogical stance of Purāṇic dialogue: ritual knowledge is paired with corrective frameworks (prāyaścitta) to manage transgression.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse is concerned with ethical-ritual remediation.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

That devotion without proper understanding can still lead to error, and that learning corrective discipline is part of responsible practice.