Varaha Purana 136.55: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 55

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

यावद्रोम वराहस्य मम गात्रेषु संस्थितम् ॥ तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि नरके पच्यते भुवि

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.55

Transliteration

yāvad roma varāhasya mama gātreṣu saṃsthitam || tāvad varṣasahasrāṇi narake pacyate bhuvi

Translation

Przez tyle tysięcy lat, przez ile nawet jeden włos dzika pozostaje przyczepiony do moich członków, przez tyle tysięcy lat jest gotowany w piekle w krainach podziemnych.

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Word by Word

• yāvat: as long as

• roma: hair

• varāhasya: of a boar

• mama: my

• gātreṣu: on the limbs/body

• saṃsthitam: situated/remaining

• tāvat: for that long

• varṣa-sahasrāṇi: thousands of years

• narake: in hell

• pacyate: is cooked/tormented

• bhuvi: on earth/in the world

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Afterlife Imagery
• Moral Didacticism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates Purāṇic moral pedagogy through infernal imagery (naraka), a feature shared across Purāṇas to discourage socially/ritually censured acts.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial location is given; 'naraka' is a cosmological/afterlife domain.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse functions as a deterrent: actions symbolized here by contact with boar-related impurity/offering are framed as leading to severe karmic suffering.