Varaha Purana 186.5: Adhyaya 186, Shloka 5
Ritual Procedure for Installing Silver and Gold Images, and the Special Status of Śālagrāma
मन्त्रः— ॐ यः सर्वलोकेष्वपि सर्वमर्घ्यं पूज्यश्च मान्यश्च दिवौकसामपि ।। उपागतो गृह्य इदं ममार्घ्यं प्रसीद मां तिष्ठतु लोकनाथ ॥ यो राजते यज्ञपतिश्च यज्ञे सूर्योदये मम कर्माग्निहोत्रम्
mantraḥ— oṁ yaḥ sarva-lokeṣv api sarvam arghyaṁ pūjyaś ca mānyaś ca divaukasām api || upāgato gṛhya idaṁ mamārghyaṁ prasīda māṁ tiṣṭhatu lokanātha || yo rājate yajña-patiś ca yajñe sūryodaye mama karmāgnihotram
المانترا: «أوم—ذاك الذي في جميع العوالم مستحقّ لكلِّ تقدمةِ أرغيا، والمعبودُ والمكرَّم حتى لدى سكان السماء—وقد أتى، فليتقبّل أرغيتي هذه. ارضَ عني وامنحني نعمتك؛ واثبت هنا، يا ربَّ العوالم. ذاك المتلألئ، سيّدُ القربان في القربان—عند شروق الشمس يكون طقسي هو الأَغنيهوترا …»
Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame (mantra cited; speaker not explicit in verse)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"observer"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"instruction_summary":"Recite an arghya-mantra acknowledging the Lord as universally worthy of worship and as yajñapati; connect daily sunrise rite with agnihotra remembrance.","karmic_consequence":"Mantra with right bhāva aligns the offering with cosmic order (ṛta) and yields prasāda; omission reduces the rite to mere material action (niṣphala/manda-phala)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The deity addressed as ‘lord of sacrifice’ frames the worship as yajña; Varāha theology often equates Viṣṇu’s form with the sacrificial cosmos, so arghya becomes a micro-yajña offered to the cosmic yajñapati.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Explicit yajña-link: ‘yajñapatiś ca yajñe’ and sunrise/agnihotra—mapping the household offering to the solar-sacrificial rhythm.","vedantic_connection":"Viṣṇu as antaryāmin and yajña-bhoktā: all offerings culminate in the one Lord; daily rites mirror the sustaining Brahman-order manifest as sun and sacrifice."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"theology of worship (yajña-bhāva)","core_concept":"The Lord is universally ‘arghya’ and the inner recipient of all sacrifice; worship is participation in cosmic yajña.","practical_application":"While offering arghya, cultivate the cognition ‘He alone is worthy everywhere’; synchronize daily devotion with sunrise discipline (smaraṇa of agnihotra/yajña)."}
Subject Matter: ["Ritual Procedure","Cosmology","Liturgical Language"]
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: ritual setting (gṛha or mandira)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 186 (arghya-mantra within pratiṣṭhā/pūjā sequence)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A devotee offers arghya while chanting a long mantra; behind, the rising sun is symbolically linked to the sacrificial fire, suggesting the Lord as yajñapati receiving the offering.","item_prompts":["arghya vessel held in añjali","small agnihotra fire altar","rising sun on horizon","priest/devotee with sacred thread","smoke and ghee ladle","deity presence implied in shrine"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: devotee before a small homa-kunda and shrine, sun-disc motif above, mantra-recitation posture, rich ochres and greens, stylized flames.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold sun-halo and gold arch, deity as cosmic lord, devotee offering arghya, embossed fire altar, jewel-toned garments.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant sunrise gradient, fine detailing of agnihotra implements, calm devotional face, balanced composition between shrine and sun.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical dawn landscape, small fire altar near a simple shrine, slender figures chanting, delicate linework and soft colors."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"solemn liturgical praise","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"slow to medium (mantra-paced)","voice_tone":"resonant, steady, with clear articulation of compounds"}
FAQs
It shows how Purāṇic worship integrates older sacrificial vocabulary (yajña, agnihotra) within later pūjā forms (arghya), illustrating textual continuity and adaptation.
No geographic location is specified; the focus is universal (“all worlds”) and ritual timing (sunrise).
A discipline of respectful offering and humility—requesting gracious acceptance and presence—framed as a culturally normative hospitality model in ritual.
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