Varaha Purana 136.57: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 57

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

यावत् तत्तनुसंस्थं तु भजते तु प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ तावत्स पतते देवि सौकरीं योनिमास्थितः

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 136.57

Transliteration

yāvat tattanusaṃsthaṃ tu bhajate tu pratiṣṭhitam || tāvat sa patate devi saukarīṃ yonim āsthitaḥ

Translation

Enquanto isso permanecer estabelecido em seu corpo, por tanto tempo ele cai, ó Deusa, tendo assumido um ventre semelhante ao de uma porca (renascimento em espécie suína).

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Word by Word

• yāvat: as long as

• tat-tanu-saṃstham: situated in that body/in his body

• tu: indeed

• bhajate: experiences/partakes/undergoes

• pratiṣṭhitam: established

• tāvat: for that long

• sa: he

• patate: falls

• devi: O Goddess (voc.)

• saukarīm: porcine/sow-like

• yonim: womb/birth

• āsthitaḥ: having assumed/entered

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Karmic Rebirth Motifs
• Purāṇic Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It demonstrates how Purāṇic texts encode moral instruction using rebirth typologies (yoni) and embodied 'taint' metaphors.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference occurs; the verse is cosmological-ethical (yoni/gati) rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Certain actions are portrayed as producing lingering consequences that shape rebirth; the verse warns against those causes.