Varaha Purana 136.59: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 59
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
अन्धो भूत्वा ततो देवि जन्म चैवं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ एवं गत्वा तु संसारं वराहमांसप्रापणात्
andho bhūtvā tato devi janma caivaṁ pratiṣṭhitam || evaṁ gatvā tu saṁsāraṁ varāhamāṁsaprāpaṇāt
แล้วแต่พระเทวี ครั้นเขากลายเป็นคนตาบอด การเกิดใหม่ของเขาก็ตั้งมั่นเป็นไปดังนั้น ด้วยเหตุแห่งการได้มาซึ่งเนื้อวราหะ เขาจึงเวียนว่ายอยู่ในสังสารวัฏ
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It reflects a Purāṇic ethical framework where bodily outcomes in later births are linked to prior actions, a common didactic strategy in late-classical Sanskrit literature.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is focused on karmic consequence rather than sacred geography.
Actions—here framed through food acquisition/consumption—are presented as ethically consequential, shaping future embodied experience.
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