Varaha Purana 147.57 — Adhyaya 147, Shloka 57
The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa
the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release
देयं पुत्राय शिष्याय यश्च जानाति सेवितुम्॥ एतन्मरणकाले तु न कदाचित्तु विस्मरेत्॥
deyaṃ putrāya śiṣyāya yaś ca jānāti sevitum || etan maraṇakāle tu na kadācit tu vismaret ||
এটি পুত্রকে, শিষ্যকে এবং যে এর সাধনা করতে জানে তাকে দেওয়া উচিত। মৃত্যুকালে তো এটি কখনও ভুলে যাওয়া উচিত নয়।
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None (focus on proper recipients and death-time remembrance)."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"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":"None","instruction_summary":"Transmit the teaching to son, disciple, and competent practitioner; at death, never forget it (maintain final remembrance).","karmic_consequence":"Proper transmission sustains paramparā and merit; death-time remembrance supports auspicious gati and guards against spiritual loss."}
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":"smaraṇa at antakāla + paramparā-dharma","core_concept":"What is practiced and remembered becomes the final refuge; continuity of teaching through worthy heirs is itself dharma.","practical_application":"Train memory through daily repetition so that at antakāla the mind naturally returns to the teaching/Lord; choose and prepare a worthy successor (son/śiṣya) to carry the tradition."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Textual Tradition","Soteriology"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 147.62 (eligibility exclusions); Varāha Purāṇa 147.61 (daily recitation prevents downfall)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha entrusting a manuscript to a son/śiṣya; parallel vignette of a dying devotee remembering the teaching, mind fixed and peaceful.","item_prompts":["Varāha handing palm-leaf manuscript","son and disciple receiving with añjali","competent practitioner with japa-mālā","deathbed scene with calm face and sacred text near head","subtle light indicating auspicious departure"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: two-register composition—upper: Varāha giving grantha to śiṣya; lower: antakāla-smaraṇa scene with serene devotee, warm earth tones, expressive eyes.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gilded central Varāha with manuscript offering; side panel shows devotee on bed with gold halo, attendants minimal, emphasis on sacred transfer.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: detailed interior scene of instruction and inheritance; soft, devotional deathbed remembrance with gentle lighting.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate domestic-guru setting, manuscript exchange; separate small vignette of dying devotee with family, focus on peaceful remembrance and delicate line."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"solemn, contemplative, end-of-life counsel","suggested_raga":"Todi (or Bhairavi for gravitas)","pace":"vilambita","voice_tone":"soft but resolute, lingering on ‘maraṇa-kāle… na vismaret’"}
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It highlights lineage and disciple-based transmission, a key feature of Sanskrit learning networks, and connects textual memory with end-of-life ritual-ethical concerns.
No location is mentioned in this verse.
Transmit teachings to responsible recipients capable of practice, and maintain mindful recollection—especially in liminal life moments.
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