Varaha Purana 136.62: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 62

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

किल्बिषाद्येन मुच्येत मम कर्मपरायणः ॥ फलाहारो दिनान्सप्त सप्त मूलाशनस्तथा

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 136.62

Transliteration

kilbiṣād yena mucyeta mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || phalāhāro dinān sapta sapta mūlāśanas tathā

Translation

جس کے ذریعے وہ گناہ سے چھوٹ جائے—وہ جو میرے موافق اعمال میں یکسو ہے: وہ سات دن پھل پر گزارا کرے، اور اسی طرح سات دن جڑوں (مُول) کا کھانا کھائے۔

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Word by Word

• kilbiṣa: sin/offense

• yena: by which

• mucyeta: may be freed

• mama: my

• karma-parāyaṇaḥ: devoted to (proper) action

• phala-āhāraḥ: subsisting on fruit

• dinān: days (acc. pl.)

• sapta: seven

• mūla-āśanaḥ: subsisting on roots

• tathā: likewise

Speaker

Varāha

Varaha Avatara Context

Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}

Bhu Devi Dialogue

Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}

Mathura Mandala

Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}

Dharma Shastra

Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"For release from sin, the Lord-prescribed dietary discipline begins: seven days on fruits, and seven days on roots.","karmic_consequence":"Observance reduces/neutralizes kilbiṣa and restores ritual-moral purity; violation (indulgence, breaking regimen) undermines expiation and leaves sin operative."}

Vrata Mahatmya

Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Prāyaścitta-krama (phala-mūla-āhāra)","tithi_month":"Not specified (regimen-based, not tithi-based)","promised_fruit":"Mucyeta kilbiṣāt—release from sin; purification enabling renewed dharmic life."}

Cosmic Boar Symbolism

Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}

Philosophical Teaching

Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"tapas as purification","core_concept":"Controlled diet functions as tapas that reorients the doer toward ‘mama karma’—God-aligned action—thereby loosening sinful saṃskāras.","practical_application":"Adopt measured austerity (phala/mūla) as remedial discipline when correcting faults; pair it with intention of alignment to the Lord."}

Subject Matter

Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice","Dietary Discipline"]

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: śānta

Secondary Rasa: vīra

Cross References

Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 136.69 (continuation: pāyasa, takra, pāvaka-bhojana)

Visual Art Cues

Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"An ascetic sequence: the devotee undertakes a structured diet—fruits then roots—under Varāha’s instruction.","item_prompts":["calendar-like seven-day motif","bowls of fruits","roots/tubers","austere setting","Varāha indicating sequence with fingers"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: warm palette; devotee seated with simple leaf-plate of fruits/roots; Varāha instructing with calm authority.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: stylized offerings—fruit bowl and roots—rendered richly; Varāha with gold halo blessing the regimen.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: naturalistic still-life of fruits/roots; devotee in simple cloth; Varāha in teaching posture.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: small hermitage scene; fruits and roots depicted delicately; narrative emphasis on disciplined simplicity."}

Audio Atmosphere

Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"austere-focused","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"measured","voice_tone":"firm, restrained, rhythmic (to mark the seven-day counts)"}

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ascetic Practices
• Ritual Dietetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a standardized penitential diet sequence, illustrating how food regulation functions as a ritual technology of purification in Purāṇic culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference appears in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Self-restraint, especially through regulated diet, is presented as a means to address moral fault and restore purity.