Varaha Purana 136.105: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 105

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

किल्बिषाद्येन मुच्येत मम भक्तिपरायणः ॥ त्रिदिनं पावकाहारो मूलाहारो दिनत्रयम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.105

Transliteration

kilbiṣādyena mucyeta mama bhakti-parāyaṇaḥ || tridinaṃ pāvakāhāro mūlāhāro dinatrayam ||

Translation

ผู้ตั้งมั่นในภักติของเราย่อมพ้นจากมลทินแห่งความผิดและอื่น ๆ ได้: ให้ถือ ‘ปาวก-อาหาร’ สามวัน และถืออาหารรากไม้ (มูละ-อาหาร) อีกสามวัน

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Word by Word

• kilbiṣāt: from sin
• kilbiṣāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kilbiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Pañcamī vibhakti (Ablative/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/तृतीया), Ekavacana; pronoun

• mucyeta: may be freed
• mucyeta: Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: Liṅ (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd/प्रथम), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); passive sense ‘be released’

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana

• bhakti-parāyaṇaḥ: one devoted to devotion (wholly devoted)
• bhakti-parāyaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• tridinam: for three days
• tridinam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/duration/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu compound used adverbially/accusative of duration; Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• pāvaka-āhāraḥ: fire as food (subsisting on fire)
• pāvaka-āhāraḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvaka (प्रातिपदिक) + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• mūla-āhāraḥ: root-food diet
• mūla-āhāraḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla (प्रातिपदिक) + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• dina-trayam: three days
• dina-trayam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/duration/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu; Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana (accusative of duration)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa Studies
• Vrata Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents structured, time-bound dietary disciplines used as expiation, valuable for historians of fasting, vows (vrata), and ritualized food restriction.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Self-regulation through disciplined diet is presented as a corrective practice for moral-ritual lapses.