Varaha Purana 136.1: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 1
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
अथ प्रायश्चित्तकर्मसूत्रम् ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ दीपं स्पृष्ट्वा तु यो देवि मम कर्माणि कारयेत् ॥ तस्यापराधाद्वै भूमे पापं प्राप्नोति मानवः
atha prāyaścitta-karmasūtram || śrīvarāha uvāca || dīpaṁ spṛṣṭvā tu yo devi mama karmāṇi kārayet | tasyāparādhād vai bhūme pāpaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ ||
Teraz (rozpoczyna się) zbiór reguł dla czynów pokutnych. Śrī Varāha rzekł: 'O Bogini, jeśli ktoś po dotknięciu lampy przystępuje do wykonywania moich obrzędów, wtedy z powodu tego wykroczenia, o Ziemia, człowiek zaciąga przewinienie.'
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It introduces a structured ‘karmasūtra’-style section, showing how Purāṇic compilations sometimes adopt concise, rule-like formulations akin to procedural manuals.
No specific place-name is given; the address ‘bhūme’ indicates the dialogic addressee as Earth (Pṛthivī).
That improper ritual handling (here framed as touching a lamp in a certain context) is treated as an ‘aparādha’ that generates negative moral-ritual consequence.
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