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Varaha Purana 136.17: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 17

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

हत्वा च बालान्वृद्धांश्च त्रिपुरे रूपिणीः स्त्रियः ॥ तेन पापेन सम्बद्धो न शक्नोति विचेष्टितुम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.17

hatvā ca bālān vṛddhāṃś ca tripure rūpiṇīḥ striyaḥ || tena pāpena sambaddho na śaknoti viceṣṭitum ||

త్రిపురలో బాలులను, వృద్ధులను, రూపవతీ స్త్రీలను హతమార్చి, ఆ పాపబంధముతో అతడు స్వేచ్ఛగా చలించలేడు.

हत्वाhaving slain
हत्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having killed’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
बालान्children
बालान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
वृद्धान्the old (people)
वृद्धान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
त्रिपुरेin Tripurā
त्रिपुरे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिपुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
रूपिणीःembodied/formed (as)
रूपिणीः:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootरूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘स्त्रियः’)
स्त्रियःwomen
स्त्रियः:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (वैदिक/छान्दस रूप; classical: स्त्रीः)
तेनby that / because of that
तेन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
पापेनby sin
पापेन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सम्बद्धःbound/entangled
सम्बद्धः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-बन्ध् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘bound/afflicted’
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
शक्नोतिis able
शक्नोति:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootशक् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
विचेष्टितुम्to act / to move
विचेष्टितुम्:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Infinitive complement)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-चेष्ट् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त infinitive (भावे), ‘to act/move’

Varāha

P
Purāṇic Moral Causality
T
Tripura Motif
S
Sanskrit Narrative Ethics
C
Cultural Memory Studies

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It shows how Purāṇic texts narrativize moral injury: extreme violence is linked to loss of agency, providing material for studies of ethics and narrative causality in Sanskrit literature.

Tripurā is named; in Purāṇic usage it may function as a mythic locale associated with the Tripura narrative cycle rather than a single securely identified modern site.

The verse presents violence against vulnerable groups as generating binding consequences, diminishing autonomy and capacity for right action.

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