Varaha Purana — Chapter 132
VrP 132.1
अथ मृतकस्पर्शप्रायश्चित्तम् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। गत्वा तु मैथुनं भद्रे अस्नातो यः शवं स्पृशेत् ।। रेतः पिबति दुर्बुद्धिः सहस्रं नव पंच च
atha mṛtakasparśaprāyaścittam || śrīvarāha uvāca || gatvā tu maithunaṃ bhadre asnāto yaḥ śavaṃ spṛśet || retaḥ pibati durbuddhiḥ sahasraṃ nava paṃca ca
Now the penance for touching a corpse. The Blessed Boar said: Having gone to sexual intercourse, good lady, whoever, unbathed, touches a corpse — that evil-minded man drinks semen for nine thousand and five hundred (years)...
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VrP 132.2
वर्षं नारायणाच्छ्रुत्वा सा मही संशितव्रता ।। ततो दीनमना भूत्वा प्रोवाच मधुसूदनम्
varṣaṃ nārāyaṇācchrutvā sā mahī saṃśitavratā || tato dīnamanā bhūtvā provāca madhusūdanam
Having heard "a year" from Nārāyaṇa, that Earth of firm vows then became downcast in mind and spoke to the slayer of Madhu.
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VrP 132.3
धरण्युवाच ।। किमिदं भाषसे देव धर्मं भीषणसङ्कटम् ।। कथमेवं पुमान्वै स रेतःपानपरो भवेत्
dharaṇyuvāca || kimidaṃ bhāṣase deva dharmaṃ bhīṣaṇasaṅkaṭam || kathamevaṃ pumānvai sa retaḥpānaparo bhavet
The Earth said: What is this you say, O God — a duty terrifying and beset with difficulty? How indeed could that man come to be given over to drinking semen?
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VrP 132.4
एतन्मे परमं दुःखं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु तत्त्वेन मे देवि इदं गुह्यमनुत्तमम्
etanme paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati || śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu tattvena me devi idaṃ guhyamanuttamam
This is a supreme grief for me; that you ought to explain. The Blessed Boar said: Hear from me truly, O goddess, this most excellent secret.
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VrP 132.5
चिह्नमैतद्वरारोहे आधिचारविनिश्चयः।। पुरुषः स्त्रीषु कर्माणि यो विकुर्वीत निर्घृणः
cihnamaitadvarārohe ādhicāraviniścayaḥ|| puruṣaḥ strīṣu karmāṇi yo vikurvīta nirghṛṇaḥ
This is a sign, O fair-hipped one, a determination (made) with regard to (his) conduct: the man who, pitiless, misbehaves in acts toward women —
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VrP 132.6
दृष्टं तस्यापराधस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ।। एवमेतद्वरारोहे यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि
dṛṣṭaṃ tasyāparādhasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ || evametadvarārohe yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
a man obtains the visible fruit of that offence of his. So it is, O fair-hipped one, concerning what you ask me.
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VrP 132.7
अपराधस्य दोषेण विशुद्धिश्च न जायते ।। प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि रागदोषेण दोषितम्
aparādhasya doṣeṇa viśuddhiśca na jāyate || prāyaścittaṃ pravakṣyāmi rāgadoṣeṇa doṣitam
And through the fault of the offence purification does not come about. I shall declare the penance for one defiled by the fault of passion.
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VrP 132.8
गृहस्थाः पुरुषा भद्रे मम कर्मपरायणाः ।। यावकेन त्रयं क्षिप्त्वा पिण्याकेन दिनत्रयम्
gṛhasthāḥ puruṣā bhadre mama karmaparāyaṇāḥ || yāvakena trayaṃ kṣiptvā piṇyākena dinatrayam
Householder men, good lady, are devoted to my rites: having spent three (days) on barley-gruel, three days on oil-cake residue,
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VrP 132.9
वायुभक्षं दिनं त्वेकं ततो मुच्येत किल्बिषात् ।। य एवं कुरुते भूमे विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा
vāyubhakṣaṃ dinaṃ tvekaṃ tato mucyeta kilbiṣāt || ya evaṃ kurute bhūme vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
and one day feeding on air — thereby he would be freed from the sin. Whoever, O Earth, performs it thus, by the act as prescribed,
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VrP 132.11
प्रायश्चित्तं महाभागे मम लोकसुखावहम् ।। स्पृष्ट्वा तु मृतकं भद्रे नरं पंचत्वमागतम्
prāyaścittaṃ mahābhāge mama lokasukhāvaham || spṛṣṭvā tu mṛtakaṃ bhadre naraṃ paṃcatvamāgatam
(performs) the penance, O greatly fortunate one, which brings the happiness of my world. But having touched a corpse, good lady, a man who has met with death —
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VrP 132.12
मम शास्त्रं बहिष्कृत्य यः श्मशानं प्रपद्यते ।। पितरस्तस्य सुश्रोणि आत्मनश्च पितामहाः
mama śāstraṃ bahiṣkṛtya yaḥ śmaśānaṃ prapadyate || pitarastasya suśroṇi ātmanaśca pitāmahāḥ
having cast out my teaching, whoever resorts to the cremation ground — his fathers, O fair-hipped one, and his own grandfathers, becoming jackals in the cremation ground, likewise devour corpses. Then, hearing Hari's speech, Earth, desiring dharma,
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VrP 132.13
श्मशाने जम्बुका भूत्वा भक्षयन्ति शवान् तथा ।। ततो हरेवर्चः श्रुत्वा धर्मकामा वसुन्धरा
śmaśāne jambukā bhūtvā bhakṣayanti śavān tathā || tato harevarcaḥ śrutvā dharmakāmā vasundharā
spoke a sweet speech for the benefit of all the worlds. The Earth said: Where, O Lord, O master, is there sin for those who have taken refuge in you?
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VrP 132.14
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं सर्वलोकहिताय वै ।। धरण्युवाच ।। तव नाथ प्रपन्नानां क्व पापं विद्यते प्रभो
uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ sarvalokahitāya vai || dharaṇyuvāca || tava nātha prapannānāṃ kva pāpaṃ vidyate prabho
And tell me the penance by which they are freed from sin. The Blessed Boar said: Hear truly, O beautiful one, what you ask me.
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VrP 132.15
प्रायश्चित्तं च मे ब्रूहि येन मुच्यन्ति किल्बिषात् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु सुन्दरि तत्त्वेन यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि
prāyaścittaṃ ca me brūhi yena mucyanti kilbiṣāt || śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu sundari tattvena yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
I shall tell you this excellent (means), destroyer of sin: eating once a day for seven days, and fasting for three nights,
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VrP 132.16
कथयिष्यामि ते हीदं शोभनं पापनाशनम् ।। एकाहारो दिनान्सप्त त्रिरात्रं चाप्युपोषितः
kathayiṣyāmi te hīdaṃ śobhanaṃ pāpanāśanam || ekāhāro dinānsapta trirātraṃ cāpyupoṣitaḥ
then drinking the five products of the cow — thereby he would be freed from sin. This is the rule declared to you for the offence when a corpse has been touched.
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VrP 132.17
पंचगव्यं ततः पीत्वा ततो मुच्येत किल्बिषात् ।। शवे स्पृष्टेऽपराधस्य एष ते कथितो विधिः
paṃcagavyaṃ tataḥ pītvā tato mucyeta kilbiṣāt || śave spṛṣṭe'parādhasya eṣa te kathito vidhiḥ
It is by all means to be avoided by every devotee of the Blessed One. Whoever performs the penance by this prescription
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VrP 132.18
सर्वथा वर्जनीयं वै सर्वभागवतेन तु ।। य एतेन विधानेन प्रायश्चित्तं समाचरेत्
sarvathā varjanīyaṃ vai sarvabhāgavatena tu || ya etena vidhānena prāyaścittaṃ samācaret
is released from all sins; there is no offence for him. But one who, having touched a menstruating woman, fearlessly touches me —
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VrP 132.19
विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो नापराधोऽस्ति तस्य वै ।। नारीं रजस्वलां स्पृष्ट्वा यो मां स्पृशति निर्भयः
vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo nāparādho'sti tasya vai || nārīṃ rajasvalāṃ spṛṣṭvā yo māṃ spṛśati nirbhayaḥ
(he is) freed from all sins, and there is no offence (remaining) for him. But whoever, having touched a menstruating woman, touches me without fear —
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VrP 132.21
अन्धश्च जायते देवि दरिद्रो ज्ञानमूर्खवान्।। न च विन्दति चात्मानं पतितो नरके यथा
andhaśca jāyate devi daridro jñānamūrkhavān|| na ca vindati cātmānaṃ patito narake yathā
And he is born blind, O goddess, poor and a fool devoid of knowledge; nor does he find himself, as one fallen into hell.
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VrP 132.22
अपराधमिमं कृत्वा तत्रैवं नास्ति संशयः ।। धरण्युवाच ।। तव देव प्रपन्नानां मोक्षं संसारसागरात्
aparādhamimaṃ kṛtvā tatraivaṃ nāsti saṃśayaḥ || dharaṇyuvāca || tava deva prapannānāṃ mokṣaṃ saṃsārasāgarāt
Having committed this offence, thus it is there — there is no doubt. The Earth said: For those who have taken refuge in you, O god, (there is) release from the ocean of transmigration.
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VrP 132.23
अपराधसमायुक्तस्तव कर्मपरायणः ।। कर्मणा येन शुध्येत तन्मे ब्रूहि जनार्दन
aparādhasamāyuktastava karmaparāyaṇaḥ || karmaṇā yena śudhyeta tanme brūhi janārdana
(But if) one devoted to your rites is beset by an offence — by what act he may be purified, that tell me, O Janārdana.
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VrP 132.24
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। स्पृष्ट्वा रजस्वलां नारीं नरो मद्भक्तितत्परः ।। तपः कृत्वा त्रिरात्रं तु आकाशशयने वसेत्
śrīvarāha uvāca || spṛṣṭvā rajasvalāṃ nārīṃ naro madbhaktitatparaḥ || tapaḥ kṛtvā trirātraṃ tu ākāśaśayane vaset
Śrī Varāha said: A man intent on devotion to me, having touched a menstruating woman, should perform austerity and for three nights dwell sleeping in the open air.
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VrP 132.25
शुद्धो भागवतो भूत्वा मम कर्मपरायणः ।। एवं कृत्वा महाभागे प्रायश्चित्तं मम प्रियम्
śuddho bhāgavato bhūtvā mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || evaṃ kṛtvā mahābhāge prāyaścittaṃ mama priyam
Becoming pure, a Bhāgavata, devoted to my rites — having thus performed, O greatly fortunate one, the expiation dear to me,
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VrP 132.26
मुच्यते किल्बिषाद्देवि आचारेण बहिष्कृतः ।। एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे यत्स्पृष्ट्वा तु रजस्वलाम्
mucyate kilbiṣāddevi ācāreṇa bahiṣkṛtaḥ || etatte kathitaṃ bhadre yatspṛṣṭvā tu rajasvalām
he is freed from the taint, O goddess, (though) he had been cast out from proper conduct. This has been told to you, O gracious one, (about him) who touches a menstruating woman.
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VrP 132.27
स्पृष्ट्वा तु मृतकं देवि यो मत्क्षेत्रेषु तिष्ठति ।। शतवर्षसहस्राणि गर्भेषु परिवर्त्तते
spṛṣṭvā tu mṛtakaṃ devi yo matkṣetreṣu tiṣṭhati || śatavarṣasahasrāṇi garbheṣu parivarttate
But he who, having touched a corpse, O goddess, remains in my sacred fields, revolves in wombs for a hundred thousand years.
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VrP 132.28
दशवषर्सहस्राणि चण्डालश्चैव जायते ।। अन्धः सप्तसहस्राणि मण्डूकश्च शतं समाः
daśavaṣarsahasrāṇi caṇḍālaścaiva jāyate || andhaḥ saptasahasrāṇi maṇḍūkaśca śataṃ samāḥ
For ten thousand years he is born a Caṇḍāla; blind for seven thousand, and a frog for a hundred years;
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VrP 132.29
मक्षिका त्रीणि वर्षाणि टिट्टिभैकादशं समाः ।। दंशो वै सप्त चान्यानि कृकलासो भवेत्समाः
makṣikā trīṇi varṣāṇi ṭiṭṭibhaikādaśaṃ samāḥ || daṃśo vai sapta cānyāni kṛkalāso bhavetsamāḥ
a fly for three years, a lapwing for eleven years, a gadfly for seven more, and he becomes a chameleon for (as many) years.
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VrP 132.31
एवं स चात्मदोषेण मम कर्मपरायणः ।। प्राप्नोति सुमहद्दुःखं देवि चैवं न संशयः
evaṃ sa cātmadoṣeṇa mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || prāpnoti sumahadduḥkhaṃ devi caivaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Thus he, though devoted to my rites, by his own fault obtains very great suffering, O goddess — of this there is no doubt.
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VrP 132.32
ततो हरेर्वचः श्रुत्वा दुःखेन परिपृच्छति ।। सर्वसंसारमोक्षाय प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धरा
tato harervacaḥ śrutvā duḥkhena paripṛcchati || sarvasaṃsāramokṣāya pratyuvāca vasundharā
Then, having heard Hari's words, she asks (further) in distress; for the liberation of all from transmigration Vasundharā replied.
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VrP 132.33
धरण्युवाच ।। किमिदं भाषसे देव मानुषाणां दुरासदम् ।। वाक्यं भीषणमत्यन्तं मम मर्मप्रभेदकम्
dharaṇyuvāca || kimidaṃ bhāṣase deva mānuṣāṇāṃ durāsadam || vākyaṃ bhīṣaṇamatyantaṃ mama marmaprabhedakam
The Earth said: Why do you speak this, O god, that is unbearable for men — a speech utterly terrifying, that splits my vitals?
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VrP 132.34
आचाराच्च परिभ्रष्टस्तवकर्मपरायणः ।। यथा तरति दुर्गाणि प्रायश्चित्तं तथा वद
ācārācca paribhraṣṭastavakarmaparāyaṇaḥ || yathā tarati durgāṇi prāyaścittaṃ tathā vada
How does one devoted to your rites, who has fallen away from proper conduct, cross these difficulties? Tell the expiation accordingly.
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VrP 132.35
श्रुत्वा पृथ्व्यास्तथा वाक्यं लोकनाथो जनार्द्दनः ।। धर्मसंरक्षणार्थाय प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम्
śrutvā pṛthvyāstathā vākyaṃ lokanātho janārddanaḥ || dharmasaṃrakṣaṇārthāya pratyuvāca vasundharām
Having heard the Earth's words thus, Janārdana, the lord of the worlds, replied to Vasundharā for the sake of protecting dharma.
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VrP 132.36
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। स्पृष्ट्वा तु मृतकं भूमे मम कर्मपरायणः ।। एकाहारं ततस्तिष्ठेद्दिनानि दश पञ्च च
śrīvarāha uvāca || spṛṣṭvā tu mṛtakaṃ bhūme mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || ekāhāraṃ tatastiṣṭheddināni daśa pañca ca
Śrī Varāha said: Having touched a corpse, O Earth, one devoted to my rites should then keep to a single meal (a day) for fifteen days.
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VrP 132.37
तत एवं विधिं कृत्वा पञ्चगव्यं तु प्राशयेत् ।। शुद्धभावं विशुद्धात्मा कर्मणा च न लिप्यते
tata evaṃ vidhiṃ kṛtvā pañcagavyaṃ tu prāśayet || śuddhabhāvaṃ viśuddhātmā karmaṇā ca na lipyate
Then, having performed the rule thus, he should consume the five products of the cow; (being) of pure disposition and wholly purified in self, he is not stained by the deed.
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VrP 132.38
एतत्ते कथितं देवि स्पृष्ट्वा मृतकमेव च ।। दोषं चैव विशुद्ध्यर्थं यत्त्वया पूर्वपृच्छितम्
etatte kathitaṃ devi spṛṣṭvā mṛtakameva ca || doṣaṃ caiva viśuddhyarthaṃ yattvayā pūrvapṛcchitam
This has been told to you, O goddess — the fault (incurred) upon touching a corpse, and (the means) for its purification, which you asked of me before.
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VrP 132.39
य एतेन विधानेन प्रायश्चित्तं समाचरेत् ।। अपराधविमुक्तो वै मम लोकं स गच्छति
ya etena vidhānena prāyaścittaṃ samācaret || aparādhavimukto vai mama lokaṃ sa gacchati
Whoever performs the expiation by this rule is indeed freed from the offence and goes to my world.
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VrP 132.132
ज्ञात्वा कर्मापराधं तु न स पापेन लिप्यते ।। एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे मिथुनं योऽभिगच्छति रागमोहेन संयुक्तः कामेन च वशीकृतः।। वर्षाणां तु सहस्रैकं रजः पिबति निर्घृणः हस्ती वर्षशतं चैव खरो द्वात्रिंशकं भवेत् ।। मार्जारो नववर्षाणि वानरो दशपञ्च च
jñātvā karmāparādhaṃ tu na sa pāpena lipyate || etatte kathitaṃ bhadre mithunaṃ yo'bhigacchati rāgamohena saṃyuktaḥ kāmena ca vaśīkṛtaḥ|| varṣāṇāṃ tu sahasraikaṃ rajaḥ pibati nirghṛṇaḥ hastī varṣaśataṃ caiva kharo dvātriṃśakaṃ bhavet || mārjāro navavarṣāṇi vānaro daśapañca ca
And knowing (that it is) an offence against the rite, he is not stained by sin. This has been told to you, O gracious one. He who approaches sexual union, joined with the delusion of passion and mastered by desire, pitiless, drinks menstrual blood for one thousand years; and he becomes an elephant for a hundred years, an ass for thirty-two, a cat for nine years, and a monkey for fifteen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain