Varaha Purana 175.20 — Adhyaya 175, Shloka 20
The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter
यं यं पश्यति चार्वङ्गी यस्तां चैव प्रपश्यति ॥ स स चित्र इव न्यस्तो विचेता जायते नरः ॥
yaṃ yaṃ paśyati cārvāṅgī yas tāṃ caiva prapaśyati | sa sa citra iva nyasto vicetā jāyate naraḥ ||
যাক যাক সেই সুন্দৰাঙ্গী নাৰী চায়—আৰু যিয়ে তাইক পুনৰ চায়—সেই পুৰুষ চিত্ৰৰ দৰে স্থিৰ হৈ পৰে, বিবেক-বোধ হেৰুৱায়।
Varāha (default for this fragmentary excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"psychology of perception (kāvya-anubhava)","core_concept":"The gaze (dṛṣṭi) is portrayed as a force that arrests agency—beauty becomes a binding power that stills the mind and body.","practical_application":"Treat as a literary depiction of moha: cultivate discernment (viveka) when confronted with sensory captivation; in narrative terms, it foreshadows social consequences around desire and reputation."}
Subject Matter: ["Poetics","Psychology (literary depiction)","Social Narrative"]
Primary Rasa: śṛṅgāra
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 175.21.0 (her extraordinary beauty); Varāha Purāṇa 175.23.0 (her tīrtha practice and social encounter)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A fair-limbed woman casts a glance; men who meet her gaze become frozen, posed like painted figures, their expressions blank with astonishment.","item_prompts":["woman with poised sideways glance","onlookers immobilized mid-step","‘painted’ stillness (stiff posture)","dropped garland or halted gesture","contrast of her fluid grace vs their rigidity"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: stylized faces and wide eyes; depict the woman’s controlled glance and multiple men in frozen mudrā-like poses, strong color blocks.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: ornate central figure with gold accents; surrounding figures rendered as stiff, icon-like attendants to convey ‘painted’ immobility.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined expressions; emphasize subtle shock on faces and the arrested movement through delicate shading.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative vignette with gentle architecture/terrace; show the gaze-line and the men paused like miniatures, lyrical and restrained."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"mesmerizing, slightly dramatic","suggested_raga":"Madhyamavati","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"narrative with a hint of wonder, clear emphasis on the mutual gaze"}
FAQs
It illustrates a common Sanskrit literary trope: the arresting power of beauty described through simile (becoming ‘like a painting’), relevant to the history of kāvya-style expression within Purāṇic prose-verse narrative.
No location is specified; the focus is on interpersonal encounter and literary effect.
No explicit moral directive is given; the verse functions as narrative-poetic description.
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