Varaha Purana — Chapter 133

VrP 133.1

अथ पूजासामयिकगुदरवपुरीषोत्सर्जनयोः प्रायश्चित्तम् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। स्पृशमानेन मां भूमे वातकर्म प्रमुच्यते ।। एवञ्च पुरुषो युक्तो वायुपीडितमानसः

atha pūjāsāmayikagudaravapurīṣotsarjanayoḥ prāyaścittam || śrīvarāha uvāca || spṛśamānena māṃ bhūme vātakarma pramucyate || evañca puruṣo yukto vāyupīḍitamānasaḥ

Now the expiation for breaking wind and for voiding excrement at the time of worship. Śrī Varāha said: If, while touching me, O Earth, wind is released — and a man so engaged, his mind afflicted by wind (flatulence) —

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VrP 133.2

मक्षिका पञ्च वर्षाणि त्रीणि वर्षाणि मूषकः ।। श्वा चैव त्रीणि वर्षाणि कूर्मो वै जायते नव

makṣikā pañca varṣāṇi trīṇi varṣāṇi mūṣakaḥ || śvā caiva trīṇi varṣāṇi kūrmo vai jāyate nava

(He becomes) a fly for five years, a mouse for three years, and a dog for three years, and (then) is born as a tortoise for nine.

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VrP 133.3

एष वै तापनं देवि मोहनं मम सांप्रतम् ।। यो वै शास्त्रं विजानाति मम कर्मपरायणः

eṣa vai tāpanaṃ devi mohanaṃ mama sāṃpratam || yo vai śāstraṃ vijānāti mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ

This, O goddess, is (what is) tormenting and bewildering to me at present: (the case of) one who indeed knows the scripture and is devoted to my rites (yet does this).

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VrP 133.4

श्रुत्वा वाक्यं हृषीकेशं प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धरा ।। धरण्युवाच ।। अतुलं लभते पापं तव कर्मपरायणः

śrutvā vākyaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ pratyuvāca vasundharā || dharaṇyuvāca || atulaṃ labhate pāpaṃ tava karmaparāyaṇaḥ

Having heard the words of Hṛṣīkeśa, Vasundharā replied. The Earth said: One devoted to your rites incurs incomparable sin (thereby).

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VrP 133.5

तस्य देव सुखार्थाय विशुद्धिं वक्तुमर्हसि ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु कार्त्स्न्येन मे देवि कथ्यमानं मयाऽनघे

tasya deva sukhārthāya viśuddhiṃ vaktumarhasi || śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu kārtsnyena me devi kathyamānaṃ mayā'naghe

For his welfare, O god, you should declare the purification. The Blessed Boar said: Hear from me in full, O goddess, what is being told by me, O sinless one,

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VrP 133.6

अपराधमिमं कृत्वा सन्तरेद्येन कर्मणा ।। पावकेन दिनं त्रीणि नक्तानि च पुनस्त्रयः

aparādhamimaṃ kṛtvā santaredyena karmaṇā || pāvakena dinaṃ trīṇi naktāni ca punastrayaḥ

by which act one may cross beyond, having committed this offence: with fire, three days and again three nights.

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VrP 133.7

कर्म चैवं ततः कृत्वा स च मे नापराध्यति ।। सर्वसङ्गं परित्यज्य मम लोकं स गच्छति

karma caivaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā sa ca me nāparādhyati || sarvasaṅgaṃ parityajya mama lokaṃ sa gacchati

And having thus performed the act, he does not offend against me; abandoning all attachment, he goes to my world.

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VrP 133.8

एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे महाकर्मापराधिनः ।। दोषं चैव गुणं चैव यत्त्वया परिपृच्छितम्

etatte kathitaṃ bhadre mahākarmāparādhinaḥ || doṣaṃ caiva guṇaṃ caiva yattvayā paripṛcchitam

This has been told to you, good lady, concerning one who offends greatly in the rite — both the fault and the merit, which you asked about.

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VrP 133.9

शृणु तत्त्वेन मे भूमे कथ्यमानं मयाऽनघे ।। पुरीषं मुच्यते यस्तु मम कर्म समाचरन्

śṛṇu tattvena me bhūme kathyamānaṃ mayā'naghe || purīṣaṃ mucyate yastu mama karma samācaran

Hear from me according to the truth, O Earth, what is being told by me, O sinless one: he who, while performing my rite, voids excrement —

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VrP 133.11

प्रायश्चित्तं वदाम्यत्र येन मुच्येत किल्बिषात् ।। मम कर्मपरिभ्रष्टो विह्वलेनान्तरात्मना

prāyaścittaṃ vadāmyatra yena mucyeta kilbiṣāt || mama karmaparibhraṣṭo vihvalenāntarātmanā

I declare the expiation in this case, by which one would be freed from the offence: he who has fallen from my rite, with his inner self agitated —

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VrP 133.12

एकां जलमयीं शय्यामेकामाकाशशायिनीम् ।। एवं कृत्वा विधानं तु सोऽपराधात्प्रमुच्यते

ekāṃ jalamayīṃ śayyāmekāmākāśaśāyinīm || evaṃ kṛtvā vidhānaṃ tu so'parādhātpramucyate

one (night's) bed made of water, one lying under the open sky: having performed this observance, he is freed from the offence.

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VrP 133.13

एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे पुरीषं यः समुत्सृजेत् ।। मद्भक्तेषु विशालाक्षि अपराधविनिश्चयः

etatte kathitaṃ bhadre purīṣaṃ yaḥ samutsṛjet || madbhakteṣu viśālākṣi aparādhaviniścayaḥ

This has been told to you, good lady — (the case of) one who voids excrement (during the rite); O wide-eyed one, this is the determination of the offence among my devotees.

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VrP 133.133

दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं तु रौरवे नरके वसेत् ।। पुरीषं भक्षयेत्तत्र मम कर्मपरायणः

divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu raurave narake vaset || purīṣaṃ bhakṣayettatra mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ

But (otherwise) he shall dwell a thousand divine years in the Raurava hell; there one devoted to my rite (who so offends) must eat excrement.

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