Varaha Purana 136.94: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 94

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

चर्मकारस्तु जायेत वर्षाणां तु त्रयोदश ॥ तज्जन्मनः परिभ्रष्टः सूकरो जायते पुनः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.94

Transliteration

carmakāras tu jāyeta varṣāṇāṁ tu trayodaśa || taj janmanaḥ paribhraṣṭaḥ sūkaro jāyate punaḥ

Translation

అతడు పదమూడు సంవత్సరములు చర్మకారుడిగా జన్మించును; ఆ జన్మమునుండి పతితుడై మరల సూకరుడిగా జన్మించును.

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Word by Word

• carmakāraḥ: leather-worker

• tu: indeed

• jāyeta: is born/would be born

• varṣāṇām: for years

• trayodaśa: thirteen

• tat: that

• janmanaḥ: from birth/state of birth

• paribhraṣṭaḥ: fallen/degenerated

• sūkaraḥ: pig/boar

• jāyate: is born

• punaḥ: again

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Social Stratification (Textual)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies how Purāṇic ethics encode social and moral hierarchies through rebirth narratives, valuable for critical study of normative discourse in premodern South Asia.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic identification is present.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It warns that misconduct can result in progressively degrading rebirths, encouraging corrective practice (prāyaścitta) and disciplined conduct.