Varaha Purana 136.75: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 75
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
Uttara Bhāga · Conduct, Purity, and Eligibility for Ritual Service
यः पारक्येण वस्त्रेण न धूतेन च माधवि ॥ प्रायश्चित्ती भवेनमूर्खो मम कर्मपरायणः ॥
yaḥ pārakyena vastreṇa na dhūtena ca mādhavi | prāyaścittī bhaven mūrkho mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ ||
yaH pArakyeNa vastreNa na dhUtena cha mAdhavi || prAyashchittI bhavenmUrkho mama karmaparAyaNaH
โอ้ มาธวี ผู้ใดประกอบกิจด้วยผ้านุ่งของผู้อื่น และมิใช่ผ้าที่ซักแล้ว—แม้จะมุ่งมั่นในพิธีกรรมของเรา—ย่อมเป็นผู้ต้องทำการไถ่บาป เป็นคนหลงผิด
Varāha
Attentive, receiving dharma-instruction on purity and expiation
What is the fault and required expiation when one performs the Lord’s rites with an unwashed/borrowed garment?
Bhakti does not cancel basic śauca (purity); intention must be matched by correct means.
Use one’s own clean, washed clothing for pūjā/vrata; treat external discipline as support for inner devotion.
Instruction to Bhū-devī (addressed as Mādhavī) on ritual purity and fault in worship.
Do not perform Viṣṇu/Varāha-rites in another’s garment or in an unwashed garment; such impurity incurs prāyaścitta.
Violation makes the worshipper ‘prāyaścittī’ (liable to expiation) and spiritually deluded despite ritual zeal.
Varāha Purāṇa 136.84–87 (karmaphala and prāyaścitta leading to a Māgha-śukla-dvādaśī observance)
FAQs
It records purity norms associated with ritual performance, reflecting broader South Asian material-culture ethics (cleanliness, ownership, suitability).
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse.
Proper means and cleanliness in ritual context are emphasized; devotion alone is not presented as sufficient without correct practice.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Varaha Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
