Varaha Purana 69.10: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 10
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
गृहीत्वा अन्यां तु मे पादौ क्षालितुं चोपचक्रमे । अन्ये द्वे व्यजने गृहीत्वा मत्पक्षाभ्यां व्यवस्थिते ॥ ६९.१० ॥
gṛhītvā anyāṃ tu me pādau kṣālituṃ copacakrame | anye dve vyajane gṛhya matpakṣābhyāṃ vyavasthite || 69.10 ||
وأما أخرى فأمسكت قدميّ وشرعت تغسلهما؛ واثنتان أخريان أخذتا مِذَبَّتَيْن (مراوح ذَنَبِيّة) ووقفتا في موضعهما على جانبي جناحيّ.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"observer"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ācāra (dharma of hospitality)","core_concept":"Satkāra of the worthy (atithi/mahān) is itself a form of worship; bodily service expresses inner reverence.","practical_application":"Receive guests/teachers with cleanliness and service (washing feet, offering comfort), treating honor as devotional discipline."}
Subject Matter: ["Courtly Etiquette","Hospitality","Narrative Description"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: court/āśrama-like hospitality space
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: surrounding narrative of reception and bathing preparations in 69.69
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Attendants perform formal hospitality: one washes the honored person’s feet while two others stand on either side fanning with fly-whisks near the figure’s wings.","item_prompts":["pāda-prakṣālana (foot-washing) vessel","two cāmara (fly-whisks)","attendants in symmetrical stance","honored figure with visible wings (pakṣa)","courtly/ritual ambience"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: frontal dignified figure with stylized wings, attendants in profile washing feet, twin cāmara-bearers, warm earthy palette, ornate jewelry and textiles.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central honored figure with wings, thick gold-leaf ornaments, attendants with cāmara, foot-washing bowl highlighted with gilded accents, temple-court setting.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, soft shading, refined textiles; attendants performing pāda-sevā, cāmara-bearers flanking wings, serene expressions.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: lyrical court scene, cool background wash, attendants in bright garments, emphasized gesture of foot-washing and symmetrical fanning, minimal architecture."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"measured, ceremonial","suggested_raga":"Śrī (or Kalyāṇi/Yaman for a dignified tone)","pace":"vilambita-madhyama","voice_tone":"clear, respectful, slightly narrative"}
FAQs
It reflects a classical South Asian etiquette motif—welcoming an honored guest through foot-washing and fanning—common in epic and Purāṇic narrative settings, useful for reconstructing cultural practices depicted in Sanskrit literature.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions as a scene-setting description rather than a sacred-geography reference.
The verse implicitly foregrounds respectful hospitality and attentive service to a guest/teacher figure, presented as a cultural ideal within the narrative frame.
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