Varaha Purana 136.41: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 41
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
Uttara Bhāga · Prāyaścitta and Śmaśāna Narrative (Kapāla Motif)
हतानां चैव मांसानि ये च भोज्यास्तव प्रियाः ॥ एवं सर्वैर्गणैः सार्द्धं वस तत्र सुनिश्चितः ॥
hatānāṁ caiva māṁsāni ye ca bhojyās tava priyāḥ || evaṁ sarvair gaṇaiḥ sārddhaṁ vasa tatra suniścitaḥ ||
hatAnAM chaiva mAMsAni ye cha bhojyAstava priyAH || evaM sarvairgaNaiH sArddhaM vasa tatra sunishchitaH
హతులలో భోజ్యమైనదీ నీకు ప్రియమైనదీ అయిన మాంసాన్ని (భక్షించు); ఈ విధంగా సమస్త గణాలతో కలిసి అక్కడ దృఢనిశ్చయంతో నివసించు।
Varāha
Purification depends not only on the act but on regulated boundaries (what is permitted) and supportive company aligned with the vow.
When undertaking corrective practice, define clear permissions/prohibitions and keep disciplined companionship that reinforces the vow.
Consume only the flesh of those slain that is deemed edible/allowed, and remain at the prescribed place with firm resolve, accompanied by gaṇas (attendant hosts) as part of the expiatory regimen.
Rule-bound restriction (yogya-bhakṣya) supports purification; transgression (forbidden flesh/indiscipline) aggravates fault and obstructs expiation.
Stability in vow (dṛḍha-niścaya) and progress toward removal of the underlying sin/impurity.
Varāha Purāṇa 136.44 (duration and aim: pāpa-kṣaya); Varāha Purāṇa 136.46–48 (transition to Gautama-āśrama; final purification)
FAQs
It preserves a mythic register where Śiva’s gaṇas and cremation-ground practices are narrative markers, useful for comparative study across Purāṇic and Śaiva textual traditions.
No named place is given; “there” continues the chapter’s cremation-ground setting without further geographic specification.
The emphasis is on determination (suniścita) and adherence to a prescribed course within an expiatory framework.
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