Varaha Purana · Chapter 68

bhadrāśva uvāca /
yo'sau parāparo devo viṣṇuḥ sarvagato mune /
caturyuge tvasau kīdṛg vijñeyaḥ parameśvaraḥ

yuge yuge ka ācāro varṇānāṃ bhavitā mune /
kathaṃ ca śuddhirviprāṇāmanyastrīsaṃkarairmune

agastya uvāca /
kṛte yuge mahī devairbhujyate vedakarmaṇā /
yajadbhirasuraistretāṃ tadvad devaiśca sattama

dvāpare sattvarajasī bahule nṛpasattama /
yāvad dharmasuto rājā bhaviṣyati mahāmate

tatastamaḥ prabhavitā kalirūpo nareśvara /
tasmin kalau varttamāne svamārgāccyavate dvijaḥ

rājāno vaiśyaśūdrāśca prāyaśo hīnajātayaḥ /
bhaviṣyanti nṛpaśreṣṭha satyaśaucavivarjitāḥ

agamyāgamanaṃ tatra kariṣyanti dvijātayaḥ /
anṛtaṃ ca vadiṣyanti vedamārgabahiṣkṛtāḥ /
vivāhāṃśca kariṣyanti sagotrānasamāṃstathā

rājāno brāhmaṇān hiṃsyurvittalobhānvitāḥ śaṭhāḥ /
antyajā api vaiśyatvaṃ kariṣyanti paṇe ratāḥ /
abhimānino bhaviṣyanti śūdrajātiṣu garvitāḥ

sarvāśino bhaviṣyanti brāhmaṇāḥ śaucavarjitāḥ /
surā peyamiti prāhuḥ satyaśaucavivarjitāḥ

tato vinaśyate loko varṇadharmaśca naśyate

bhadrāśva uvāca /
agamyāgamanaṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo'pi vā /
śūdro'pi śuddhyate kena kiṃ vā'gamyaṃ tu śaṃsa me

agastya uvāca /
cāturgāmī bhaved vipras trigāmī kṣatriyo bhavet /
dvigāmī tu bhaved vaiśyaḥ śūdra ekagamaḥ smṛtaḥ

agamyāṃ brāhmaṇīṃ prāhuḥ kṣatriyasya nareśvara /
kṣatrāṇīṃ caiva vaiśyasya vaiśyāṃ śūdrasya pārthiva /
adhamasyottamā nārī agamyā manurabravīt

mātā mātṛṣvasā śvaśrūrbhātṛpatnī ca pārthiva /
snuṣā ca duhitā caiva mitrapatnī svagotrajā

rājajāyā''tmajā caiva agamyā mukhyataḥ striyaḥ /
rajakādiṣu cānyāśca striyo'gamyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ /
agamyāgamanaṃ caitat kṛtaṃ pāpāya jāyate

viyonigamanāyāśu brāhmaṇāya bhavatyalam /
śeṣasya śuddhireṣaiva prāṇāyāmaśataṃ bhavet

bahunā'pi hi kālena yat pāpaṃ samupārjitam /
varṇasaṃkarasaṃgatyā brāhmaṇena nararṣabha

daśapraṇavagāyatrīṃ prāṇāyāmaśataistribhiḥ /
mucyate brahmahatyāyāḥ kiṃ punaḥ śeṣapātakaiḥ

athavā pararūpaṃ yo veda brāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ /
vedādhyāyī pāpaśataiḥ kṛtairapi na lipyate

smaran viṣṇuṃ paṭhan vedaṃ dadad dānaṃ yajan harim /
brāhmaṇaḥ śuddha evāste viruddhamapi tārayet

etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ yat pṛṣṭo'haṃ tvayā nṛpa /
manvādirbhirvistaraśaḥ kathyate yena pārthiva /
samāsatastena mayā kathitaṃ te nṛpottama

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre'ṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ