Varaha Purana 135.4: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 4

Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda

Devanagari script

प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि तस्य कायविशोधनम् ॥ येन शुध्यन्ति ते भूमे पुरुषाः शास्त्रनिश्चिताः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 135.4

Transliteration

prāyaścittaṃ pravakṣyāmi tasya kāyaviśodhanam || yena śudhyanti te bhūme puruṣāḥ śāstraniścitāḥ ||

Translation

เราจักกล่าวถึงปรायัศจิตตะของเขา คือการชำระกาย ซึ่งด้วยสิ่งนั้น โอ้พระแม่ธรณี บุรุษทั้งหลายย่อมบริสุทธิ์ตามที่คัมภีร์ศาสตรบัญญัติไว้

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Word by Word

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation/penance
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will declare
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् लकार (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• कायविशोधनम्: purification of the body
• कायविशोधनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक) + विशोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रायश्चित्तम् इति विशेषणार्थकं/अप्पोजिशन (appositive)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; साधन/करणे (instrumental singular: by which)

• शुध्यन्ति: become purified
• शुध्यन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (they/those)

• भूमे: O Earth
• भूमे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन (vocative)

• पुरुषाः: men/persons
• पुरुषाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शास्त्रनिश्चिताः: scripturally prescribed
• शास्त्रनिश्चिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + निश्चित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुरुषाः इति विशेषण (determined/ordained by scripture)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dharma-śāstra Interface
• Prāyaścitta
• Manuscript Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It explicitly appeals to ‘śāstra’ authority, showing how Purāṇas position themselves alongside legal-ritual traditions in prescribing expiations.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned; the address ‘bhūme’ identifies the interlocutor as Earth (Pṛthivī).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Wrongdoing is met with a defined remedial practice framed as both bodily and moral purification.