O Devi, listen to the sacred narrative as revealed in the Śrī Varāha Purāṇa. It begins with the teaching that by subsisting on air for a single day, one is freed from sin. When a person understands the gravity of their actions and recognizes their offenses, sin does not taint them. Expiation, it is said, brings happiness to the worlds of those who undertake it. Yet, there is a warning: whoever, ignoring the scripture, enters the cremation ground, faces dire consequences. In such a place, they become jackals, consuming corpses as their fate. For the welfare of all worlds, sweet words were spoken: “O Lord, for those who have taken refuge in you, where can sin possibly exist, O Master?” The Lord was then asked, “Tell me the expiation by which one is freed from sin.” He replied, “I shall now tell you this excellent, sin-destroying method: by drinking pañcagavya, one is freed from sin.” This practice, however, must be carefully avoided by every devotee of Bhagavan unless prescribed, for one who is freed from all sins truly has no offense. But when joined with passion, delusion, and overcome by desire, a person is born blind, poor, and lacking wisdom, O Devi. Having committed such offenses, there is no doubt: for your devotees, O Lord, there is liberation from the ocean of worldly existence, even if endowed with offense and devoted to your actions. Śrī Varāha then instructed: “Having performed penance for three nights, one should dwell on a bed beneath the open sky. Becoming pure and devoted to my actions, such a person is freed from sin, O Devi, even if expelled from proper conduct.” Yet, another warning is given: whoever touches a corpse and remains in my sacred places is born as a caṇḍāla for ten thousand years, as a fly for three years, as a lapwing for eleven years, as an elephant for a hundred years, and as a donkey for thirty-two years. Thus, due to his own fault, he becomes devoted to action for my sake. Upon hearing Hari’s words, the Earth questioned him in distress, saying, “These words, exceedingly dreadful, pierce my very core. Having fallen from proper conduct, he is still devoted to your actions.” Hearing this, Janardana, Lord of the worlds, spoke again: “Then, one should subsist on a single meal for fifteen days. After performing this rite, one should ingest pañcagavya. This has been told to you, O Devi, regarding touching the dead. Whoever performs expiation by this procedure is purified.” Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-second chapter, named “Expiation for Touching the Dead,” in the Śrī Varāha Purāṇa. Now, the expiation for touching during worship, ritual, urine, or feces is described. When one touches me, O Earth, wind passes from the body. For such offenses, one becomes a fly for five years, a mouse for three years. This, O Devi, is indeed torment and bewilderment for me at present. Hearing these words, Vasundharā replied to Hṛṣīkeśa: “Your devotee of action attains incomparable sin. O Deva, for his happiness you should declare purification. Hear from me, O sinless one, as I explain: having committed this offense, one should cross over it by a prescribed act. And having performed such an act, he is not at fault with me. This has been told to you, O fortunate one, regarding the great offense of action.” Thus, the sacred teachings on expiation for touching the dead and for transgressions during worship are revealed, offering guidance for purification and liberation to all who seek refuge in the Lord.