Varaha Purana 136.3: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 3
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
चाण्डालस्य गृहे तत्र एवमेतन्न संशयः ॥ एवं भुक्त्वा तु तत्कर्म मम क्षेत्रे मृतो यदि
cāṇḍālasya gṛhe tatra evam etan na saṁśayaḥ | evaṁ bhuktvā tu tat karma mama kṣetre mṛto yadi ||
W domu czandali tam się rodzi - tak właśnie jest; nie ma wątpliwości. A jeśli po takim przeżyciu skutków tego czynu ktoś umrze w mojej świętej domenie...
Varāha
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It shows how Purāṇic texts combine social imagery and sacred-geographic concepts (‘kṣetra’) to articulate consequences and possible transitions toward purification.
The verse mentions ‘mama kṣetre’ (“in my sacred domain”) but does not specify a named location; it functions as a generic sacred-territory marker within the text.
That actions have consequences across social and spatial registers, and that dying within a designated ‘kṣetra’ is presented as a significant condition in the narrative logic.
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