Varaha Purana 142.33: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 33
The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics
न संस्पृशेत्तृतीयां तु चतुर्थी न कदाचन ॥ कृते संभोगधर्मे तु कृतकौतुकसंस्थितः ॥
na saṃspṛśet tṛtīyāṃ tu caturthī na kadācana || kṛte saṃbhogadharme tu kṛtakautukasaṃsthitaḥ ||
तृतीयां न संस्पृशेत् तु चतुर्थीं न कदाचन। संभोगधर्मे कृते तु कृतकौतुकसंस्थितः॥
Varāha
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It preserves a prescriptive model of embodied discipline, typical of dharma literature, transmitted through Purāṇic framing.
No geographic reference appears here.
It advises restraint on specified days and emphasizes completing a regulated observance rather than acting impulsively.
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