Varaha Purana 39.70 — Adhyaya 39, Shloka 70
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
अगम्यागमनं येन कृतं जानाति मानवः । स इमं विधिमासाद्य तस्मात् पापाद् विमुच्यते ॥ ३९.७० ॥
agamyāgamanaṃ yena kṛtaṃ jānāti mānavaḥ | sa imaṃ vidhim āsādya tasmāt pāpād vimucyate || 39.70 ||
جس انسان کو معلوم ہو کہ اس سے اَگمْیَاگمن (یعنی ممنوعہ تعلق) سرزد ہوا ہے، وہ اس وِدھان کو اختیار کرے تو اس گناہ سے نجات پاتا ہے۔
Varāha (default speaker within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"grave, concerned","key_question":"If one has committed 'agamya-āgamana' (forbidden sexual approach), can this prescribed procedure free one from that sin?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"One who acknowledges having committed forbidden sexual approach becomes released from that sin by undertaking this prescribed procedure.","karmic_consequence":"Confession/recognition plus observance leads to vimukti from that pāpa; persistence/denial sustains karmic bondage and social-ritual impurity."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Unnamed upavāsa-vidhi (prāyaścitta for agamya-āgamana)","tithi_month":"Not specified in this excerpt","promised_fruit":"Release from the specific sin of forbidden approach (pāpa-vimocana)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Moral psychology + expiation","core_concept":"Moral repair begins with self-recognition of wrongdoing (जानाति) and is completed through śāstric discipline; dharma is restorative, not only punitive.","practical_application":"Cultivate honest self-assessment, cease the prohibited act, and perform the prescribed prāyaścitta/vrata with restraint and renewed commitment to dharma."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Dharma-śāstra","Atonement (Prāyaścitta)"]
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Bhayānaka
Related Themes: 39.39.67 (grave sins removable); 39.39.71 (restoring Vedic saṃskāra through devotion)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha teaches a path of release for one who has committed a forbidden approach, emphasizing acknowledgment and prescribed observance; the visual tone is sober and purifying.","item_prompts":["Varāha in teaching gesture","penitent figure with bowed head","symbolic chain/bondage breaking","purification motifs: water pot, sacred ash/tilaka, lamp","scripture indicating 'vidhi'"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: solemn palette; penitent at Varāha’s feet; dark knot/chain motif dissolving; strong outlines and traditional ornamentation.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold halo and arch; penitent figure in humility; broken chain rendered with metallic highlights; minimal background, iconic focus.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: restrained courtly sanctum; expressive remorse on penitent face; gentle light signifying purification; fine detailing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: sparse, symbolic scene; penitent seated lower plane; Varāha elevated; a stylized broken bond floating between them."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Sober, corrective, purifying","suggested_raga":"Tōḍi","pace":"Slow with clear articulation","voice_tone":"Grave, compassionate but firm"}
FAQs
It reflects a dharma-śāstraic mode of Purāṇic composition in which moral-legal transgressions are paired with prescribed remedial procedures (prāyaścitta), illustrating how Purāṇas functioned as accessible ethical compendia alongside more technical legal texts.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed as a general ethical-legal rule rather than a statement tied to a specific tīrtha or region.
Moral accountability (recognizing a transgression) is linked to remediation: acknowledging the prohibited act and undertaking the stated procedure leads to release from the resulting fault/sin.
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