Varaha Purana 211.95 — Adhyaya 211, Shloka 95
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
स ब्रह्महा सुरापश्च स स्तेयी गुरुतल्पगः ॥ एकादश्यां तु यो भुङ्क्ते पक्षयोरुभयोऽपि ॥
sa brahmahā surāpaś ca sa steyī gurutalpagaḥ || ekādaśyāṁ tu yo bhuṅkte pakṣayor ubhayor api ||
যি জনে দুয়োটা পক্ষতেই একাদশীত আহাৰ গ্ৰহণ কৰে, সি ব্ৰাহ্মণহন্তা, সুৰাপায়ী, চোৰ আৰু গুৰুতল্পগ (গুৰুৰ শয্যা লঙ্ঘনকাৰী) সমান গণ্য হয়।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in verse)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Varāha lays down a strict normative rule for Earth’s benefit: eating on Ekādaśī equates to mahāpātaka-like guilt."}
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":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Do not eat on Ekādaśī in either fortnight; violation is treated as equivalent to the gravest sins (mahāpātakas).","karmic_consequence":"Eating on Ekādaśī incurs mahāpātaka-equivalent demerit (brahmahatyā, surāpāna, steya, gurutalpagamana) and thus severe spiritual downfall (implied)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Ekādaśī-vrata (fasting/abstention from eating)","tithi_month":"Ekādaśī of both pakṣas (śukla and kṛṣṇa)","promised_fruit":"Not stated here; implied fruit is avoidance of grave sin and preservation of purity/merit."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethical discipline through sacred time","core_concept":"Ritual restraint is moral reality: violating Ekādaśī is not minor lapse but a profound breach of dharma.","practical_application":"Observe Ekādaśī with fasting/abstinence and mindful conduct; treat the tithi as a moral boundary."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice","Law and Social Norms"]
Primary Rasa: bhayānaka
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: normative/ritual domain
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 211.211.6 (fasting at Hari’s śayana/bodhana/parivartana)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A stern didactic moment: Varāha declares that eating on Ekādaśī makes one equivalent to perpetrators of the four great sins.","item_prompts":["Varāha with admonishing hand gesture","symbolic four ‘mahāpātaka’ emblems (broken sacred thread, wine vessel, stolen goods, illicit bed)","darkened aura around a figure eating","contrast with a fasting devotee"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dramatic chiaroscuro; Varāha authoritative; symbolic panels of the four sins around; restrained palette emphasizing warning.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with commanding stance; gold borders; small icon-medallions for the four sins; devotee shown rejecting food.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: narrative clarity; moral tableau with two figures (fasting vs eating); refined ornament; clear iconography for transgression.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: storybook split-scene; gentle but firm Varāha; expressive faces; symbolic motifs simplified into readable emblems."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"austere-warning","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium-fast","voice_tone":"firm, emphatic, admonitory"}
FAQs
It uses the idiom of ‘great transgressions’ (mahāpātaka-like rhetoric) to enforce fasting norms, illustrating how Purāṇic texts encode ritual discipline through strong ethical-legal language.
No geographic location is mentioned.
Observe restraint on Ekādaśī; the verse emphasizes the seriousness of violating a vowed discipline.
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