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The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
ब्रह्महा च सुरापश्च ब्राह्मणो यदि जायते ॥ प्रायश्चित्तं विनिर्दिष्टं मुनिभिर्देहनाशनम् ॥
brahmahā ca surāpaś ca brāhmaṇo yadi jāyate || prāyaścittaṃ vinirdiṣṭaṃ munibhir dehanāśanam ||
اگر کوئی برہمن برہمن کا قاتل اور شراب پینے والا بن جائے تو منیوں نے اس کے لیے جو پرایشچت بتایا ہے وہ جسم کا نَاش ہے، یعنی ایسی تپسیا جو موت پر ختم ہو۔
Pṛthivī
It aligns Varāha Purāṇa’s ethical register with dharmaśāstric categories of mahāpātaka (grave sins), showing the text’s participation in broader legal-moral discourse.
No location is mentioned; the verse is normative/ethical rather than geographic.
Certain actions are treated as exceptionally severe, and the text presents an extreme form of expiation; in archival terms, this reflects the period’s penitential theory rather than a universal prescription.
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