Varaha Purana 142.32: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 32
The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics
त्यक्त्वानङ्गं च मोहं च पित्रर्थाय स्त्रियं व्रजेत् ॥ द्वितीयां न स्पृशेन्नारीं लोभमोहात्कथंचन ॥
tyaktvānaṅgaṃ ca mohaṃ ca pitrarthāya striyaṃ vrajet || dvitīyāṃ na spṛśen nārīṃ lobhamohāt kathaṃcana ||
Tinalikuran ang pita at pagkalito, lapitan ang sariling asawa alang-alang sa mga ninuno (para sa supling at mga ritong pangninuno). Sa ikalawang araw, huwag kailanman humipo sa babae dahil sa kasakiman o pagkalito.
Varāha
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It illustrates how Purāṇic texts often integrate household ethics with the ideology of pitṛ (ancestor) obligations and regulated sexuality.
No location is specified in this verse.
Sexual conduct is framed as regulated by intention (pitṛ-artha) and restraint, discouraging action driven by greed or delusion.
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