Varaha Purana 41.33: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 33
Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying
तद्वद् भवन्तं राजेन्द्र ब्रह्मवध्यापरिप्लुतम् । उद्धरिष्यति देवोऽसौ स्वयमेव जनार्दनः ॥ ४१.३३ ॥
tadvad bhavantaṁ rājendra brahmavadhyāpariplutam | uddhariṣyati devo'sau svayam eva janārdanaḥ || 41.33 ||
तद्वत् हे राजेन्द्र, ब्रह्मवध्यापरिप्लुतं भवन्तं स देवः स्वयमेव जनार्दनः उद्धरिष्यति।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical discourse on severe transgressions (notably brahmahatyā) and the narrative framing of royal responsibility, situating moral culpability within broader soteriological themes of rescue or release.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the focus is ethical and theological rather than topographic.
The verse foregrounds accountability for grave harm (especially against learned or protected social categories) while presenting the possibility of restoration/deliverance—here attributed to Janārdana—within the text’s moral framework.
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