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Varaha Purana 136.76: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 76

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

करोति मम कर्माणि स्पृशते मां तदा स्थितः ॥ मृगो वै जायते देवि वर्षाणि त्रीणि सप्त च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.76

karoti mama karmāṇi spṛśate māṃ tadā sthitaḥ | mṛgo vai jāyate devi varṣāṇi trīṇi sapta ca ||

Stojąc tam, wykonuje moje obrzędy i dotyka mnie; w rezultacie, o Bogini, rodzi się jako jeleń przez trzy i siedem lat.

karotidoes/performs
karoti:
mama karmāṇimy rites/acts
mama karmāṇi:
spṛśatetouches
spṛśate:
māmme
mām:
tadāthen/at that time
tadā:
sthitaḥstanding/remaining
sthitaḥ:
mṛgadeer
mṛga:
jāyateis born
jāyate:
deviO goddess
devi:
varṣāṇiyears
varṣāṇi:
trīṇithree
trīṇi:
saptaseven
sapta:
caand
ca:

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
M
Moral Didacticism
V
Vaiṣṇavism

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It demonstrates how Purāṇic texts encode ritual propriety through narrative consequence, using rebirth imagery as a moral-educational device.

No geographic location is identified.

Ritual engagement is portrayed as requiring proper conditions; improper conduct is linked to adverse karmic outcomes.

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