Varaha Purana 136.2: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 2
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
तच्छृणुष्व महाभागे कथ्यमानं मया अनघे ॥ जायते षष्टिवर्षाणि कुष्ठी गात्रपरिप्लुतः
tac chṛṇuṣva mahābhāge kathyamānaṁ mayā anaghe | jāyate ṣaṣṭivarṣāṇi kuṣṭhī gātra-pariplutaḥ ||
హే మహాభాగే, హే అనఘే! నేను చెప్పుచున్నదాన్ని వినుము—మనిషి అరవై సంవత్సరములు కుష్ఠురోగిగా జన్మించును; శరీరమంతా రోగముచే వ్యాపించును।
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It exemplifies the Purāṇic didactic style that links ritual fault to embodied consequence, a common rhetorical strategy to encode norms and discourage transgression.
No geographic site is named in this verse.
That ritual offences are portrayed as leading to severe consequences, motivating adherence to prescribed conduct and the need for expiation.
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