Freed from all sins, there is truly no offense for the devotee. Yet, when one is joined with passion and delusion, overcome by desire, the consequences are profound. Such a person, O Devi, is born blind, poor, and lacking wisdom, the result of actions clouded by ignorance. If one commits this offense, there is no doubt: for your devotees, O Lord, liberation from the ocean of worldly existence is assured. Even when endowed with offense but devoted to your actions, redemption remains possible. Śrī Varāha then spoke: “Having performed penance for three nights, one should dwell upon a bed under the open sky. By this, one becomes pure and a devotee, steadfast in my actions.” Even those expelled from proper conduct, O Devi, are freed from sin if they remain devoted. O Devi, whoever touches a corpse and stays within my sacred places faces grave consequences: he 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. Then, hearing Hari’s words, one questioned in distress. The Earth herself spoke: “These words, exceedingly dreadful, pierce my very core. Having fallen from proper conduct, he remains devoted to your actions.” Hearing the Earth’s lament, Janardana, Lord of the worlds, responded. Śrī Varāha said: “Then, one should subsist on a single meal for fifteen days. After performing this rite, one should ingest pañcagavya. This, O Devi, is also the expiation for touching the dead. Whoever performs expiation by this procedure is freed.” Thus concludes the chapter named “Expiation for Touching the Dead” in the Śrī Varāha Purāṇa. Now begins the expiation for offenses committed during worship, ritual, or the touching of urine or feces. When one touches me, O Earth, wind passes from the body. The consequences are severe: 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 in full from me, O sinless one, as I explain. Having committed this offense, one should cross over it by a prescribed act. 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.” Then Varāha said, “Listen attentively, O Earth, as I explain the truth. One who commits such offenses dwells in the Raurava hell for a thousand divine years. I will declare the expiation by which one may be freed from sin: one bed made of water, one bed lying in the open sky. This has been told to you, O gentle one, regarding the one who expels excrement.” Thus concludes the chapter named “Expiation for Defecation and Urination during Worship” in the glorious Varāha Purāṇa. Now, regarding expiations for offenses committed during worship and related rites, except for my own actions, O devotee of my deeds: one becomes foolish, O fair-hipped one, if devoted to my actions. The expiation is lying in the open sky for fifteen days. Thus is the expiation for abandoning silence; adorned in blue garments, whoever approaches me. In this way, the Lord Varāha revealed the sacred procedures for expiation, guiding his devotees toward purity and liberation from sin.