Varaha Purana 142.10: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 10
The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics
Uttara Bhāga · Guhyakarma-māhātmya (Ritual/ethical guidance; purity and conduct)
स्नात्वा सा तु महाभागे पञ्चमात्तु दिनात्पुनः ॥
snātvā sā tu mahābhāge pañcamāttu dinātpunaḥ ||
snAtvA sA tu mahAbhAge paMchamAttu dinAtpunaH
แต่โอ้ผู้มีบุญยิ่ง ครั้นพ้นวันที่ห้าแล้ว นางอาบน้ำอีกครั้ง…
Sandhi Notes
- pañcamāttu = pañcamāt + tu (t-t sandhi)
- dinātpunaḥ = dināt + punaḥ (no change in writing in IAST)
Varāha (contextual continuation)
Attentive; seeking procedural completeness
When and how does one formally return to ordinary ritual eligibility after the rajas period?
Dharma includes time-bound transitions; discipline harmonizes body, society, and worship.
Follow clear temporal boundaries for observances; use bathing as mindful reset into regular duties and worship.
Continues instructing Bhū-devī on temporal observance: bathing again after the fifth day (post-rajas period) as a transition back to normal rites.
After the fifth day, she should bathe again (as a temporal marker of transition) before resuming appropriate duties.
Observing the timing restores conventional śauca and social-ritual order; ignoring it risks continued doṣa attribution and disruption of prescribed conduct.
Varāha Purāṇa 142.9.0; Varāha Purāṇa 142.12.0
FAQs
It preserves a time-bound ritual marker (‘after the fifth day’) indicative of codified observance cycles; the fragment suggests a longer procedural description in the surrounding text.
No geographic location is identified in this fragment.
The focus is procedural: completion of a prescribed period followed by bathing, reflecting structured observance rather than punitive framing.
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