Varaha Purana 136.4: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 4
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
मद्भक्तश्चैव जायेत शुद्धे भागवते गृहे ॥ प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि दीपस्य स्पर्शनाद्भुवि
madbhaktaś caiva jāyeta śuddhe bhāgavate gṛhe | prāyaścittaṁ pravakṣyāmi dīpasya sparśanād bhuvi ||
मद्भक्तश्चैव जायेत शुद्धे भागवते गृहे। प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि दीपस्य स्पर्शनाद्भुवि।
Varāha
FAQs
It frames expiation not only as removal of fault but as reintegration into a ‘pure’ devotional social setting, reflecting the Purāṇic blending of ritual and bhakti idioms.
No specific place-name is given; ‘bhuvi’ indicates the earthly sphere in general.
That a defined expiation exists for the specified offence, and that purification is articulated through both ritual correction and moral-social reorientation.
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