Varaha Purana 68.2: Adhyaya 68, Shloka 2
Dharma Across the Four Yugas, the Disruption of Social Conduct, and Ritual Purification from Varṇa-Mixing Transgressions
युगे युगे क आचारो वर्णानां भविता मुने । कथं च शुद्धिर्विप्राणामन्यस्त्रीसङ्करैर्मुने ॥ ६८.२ ॥
yuge yuge ka ācāro varṇānāṃ bhavitā mune | kathaṃ ca śuddhir viprāṇām anyastrīsaṅkarair mune || 68.2 ||
«О мудрец, каков будет надлежащий ачара — образ поведения — для варн в каждую югу? И, о мудрец, как понимать чистоту (шуддхи) брахманов в связи со смешением родов, возникающим из союзов с женщинами иных линий?»
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of framing social ethics through yuga-based variation (yuga-dharma), a common strategy in late-epic and Purāṇic literature to explain changing norms over time.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is normative (ācāra) and genealogical/social (śuddhi, saṅkara) rather than topographical.
The verse poses an inquiry about appropriate conduct and criteria of purity across ages; it sets up a discussion on how ethical and social norms are to be evaluated in different yugas.
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