Varaha Purana 136.42: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 42

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु स्थित्वा त्वं समले पुनः ॥ गच्छाश्रमपदं पश्चाद्गौतमस्य महामुनेः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.42

Transliteration

pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu sthitvā tvaṁ samale punaḥ || gacchāśramapadaṁ paścād gautamasya mahāmuneḥ ||

Translation

Gdy tysiąc lat zostanie dopełnione, po pozostaniu raz jeszcze w tym nieczystym miejscu, udaj się potem do pustelni wielkiego mędrca Gautamy.

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Word by Word

• pūrṇe: when completed

• varṣa-sahasre: (a) thousand years

• tu: indeed

• sthitvā: having stayed

• tvam: you

• samale: in the impure/defiled place

• punaḥ: again

• gaccha: go

• āśrama-padam: hermitage abode

• paścāt: afterward

• gautamasya: of Gautama

• mahā-muneḥ: of the great sage

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Āśrama Tradition
• Purāṇic Pilgrimage Motifs

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

References to named sages and their āśramas function as cultural-memory anchors in Purāṇic literature, linking ethical purification to idealized ascetic institutions.

Which geographic location is identified?

“Gautama’s āśrama” is identified, but without coordinates; scholarly identification depends on cross-textual citations of Gautama’s hermitage traditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It presents purification as staged: prolonged discipline followed by seeking guidance within an āśrama setting associated with a revered sage.