Varaha Purana 134.24: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 24

Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure

Upaspṛśya

Devanagari script

श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ शृणु तत्त्वेन मे भूमे इमं गुह्यमनिन्दिते ॥ यां गतिं च प्रपद्यन्ते मम कर्मबहिष्कृताः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 134.24

Transliteration

śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu tattvena me bhūme imaṃ guhyam anindite || yāṃ gatiṃ ca prapadyante mama karmabahiṣkṛtāḥ ||

Translation

ศรีวราหะตรัสว่า: ‘จงฟังโดยความจริงเถิด โอ้ภูมี ผู้ปราศจากมลทิน นี่คือคำสอนลับของเรา; และจงรู้ถึงคติที่ผู้ถูกกันออกจากกรรมพิธีของเราย่อมไปถึง’

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Word by Word

• śrīvarāha uvāca: Varāha said

• śṛṇu: listen

• tattvena: truly/in accordance with reality

• me: from me/my

• bhūme: O Earth

• imam: this

• guhyam: secret (teaching)

• anindite: O blameless one

• yām gatim: which destination/state

• ca: and

• prapadyante: attain/go to

• mama: my

• karma-bahiṣkṛtāḥ: those excluded from the rite/observance

Speaker

Varāha (explicit)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Eschatology
• Purāṇic Instruction

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It signals transmission of a ‘guhya’ (restricted/technical) doctrine, a common Purāṇic device for framing specialized ritual-ethical instruction.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified; the verse concerns moral-ritual status and posthumous/otherworldly outcomes.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It emphasizes accountability: exclusion from prescribed practice is linked to consequential outcomes, motivating careful adherence and rectification.