Varaha Purana 71.30: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 30
Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account
प्रायश्चित्तं मृतायाः स्यादमृतायाः कृतं त्विदम् । व्रतं वा मा कृथाः कोपमित्युक्त्वा प्रययुस्तु ते ॥ ७१.३० ॥
prāyaścittaṃ mṛtāyāḥ syād amṛtāyāḥ kṛtaṃ tv idam | vrataṃ vā mā kṛthāḥ kopam ity uktvā prayayus tu te || 71.30 ||
ఇది ప్రాయశ్చిత్తం మరణించినవారికి తగినది; కానీ ఇది మరణించని ఆమె కోసం చేయబడింది. లేదా దీనిని వ్రతంగా భావించు. ‘కోపపడకుము’ అని చెప్పి వారు వెళ్లిపోయారు.
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicitly marked in the excerpt)
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It reflects the Purāṇic integration of dharma-śāstra categories—especially prāyaścitta (expiation) and vrata (vow)—showing how ritual actions could be reclassified depending on circumstance within narrative discourse.
No geographic location is named in this specific verse excerpt; it focuses on ritual-ethical classification and interpersonal appeasement.
The immediate ethical instruction is de-escalation and restraint: 'mā kṛthāḥ kopam'—a request not to become angry—embedded within a discussion of how an act should be understood (as expiation or as a vow).
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