Varaha Purana 136.61 — Adhyaya 136, Shloka 61
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
द्रव्यवाङ्गुणवांश्चैव रूपवाञ्छीलवाञ्छुचिः ॥ प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि तस्य कायविशोधनम्
dravyavān guṇavāṁś caiva rūpavān śīlavān śuciḥ || prāyaścittaṁ pravakṣyāmi tasya kāyaviśodhanam
Đầy đủ tài vật, lời nói và đức hạnh, dung mạo đoan nghiêm, hạnh kiểm tốt và thanh tịnh—nay Ta sẽ tuyên thuyết cho người ấy pháp prāyaścitta, tức phép tịnh hóa thân thể.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Varāha announces a prāyaścitta regimen for bodily purification (kāya-viśodhana) to remove sin even for one otherwise endowed with wealth, virtue, and good conduct.","karmic_consequence":"Proper expiation purifies the body-mind complex and releases from kṛta-kilbiṣa; omission leaves impurity and karmic residue to mature as suffering/rebirth (made explicit in 136.71)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
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Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice","Purification Rites"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 136.68-69 (dietary prāyaścitta details); Varāha Purāṇa 136.71 (fault and poverty-rebirth consequence)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha declares he will teach expiation: a teaching posture with emphasis on ritual purity and bodily cleansing discipline.","item_prompts":["Varāha as instructor","scroll/palm-leaf manuscript motif","purification vessels (kalaśa, kuśa grass)","austere devotee listening","homa fire hinted"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Varāha-guru gesturing as if enumerating rules; ritual vessels and kuśa in foreground; subdued, instructive mood.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold haloed Varāha with raised hand of instruction; ornate border; small icons of kalaśa and homa fire.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant courtly yet ascetic setting; Varāha teaching beside a clean altar; soft colors, fine detailing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative panel—teacher Varāha, attentive disciple, minimal ritual objects; crisp lines and gentle landscape."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"authoritative-didactic","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, slightly emphatic on key terms (prāyaścitta, viśodhana)"}
FAQs
It exemplifies how Purāṇas systematize expiatory practice (prāyaścitta) using terminology also seen in Dharma-śāstra traditions.
None; the verse introduces a ritual-ethical procedure rather than a place.
Moral and ritual accountability is addressed through structured expiation aimed at purification.
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