Varaha Purana 175.25 — Adhyaya 175, Shloka 25
The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter
गीतनृत्यादिषु रता तासां धर्ममुपागता ॥ अल्पैस्तु दिवसैः साध्वी असाध्वीभिः परिवृता ॥
gītanṛtyādiṣu ratā tāsāṃ dharmam upāgatā | alpais tu divasaiḥ sādhvī asādhvībhiḥ parivṛtā ||
গান-নৃত্য প্রভৃতিতে আসক্ত হয়ে সে তাদের আচরণ গ্রহণ করল। অল্প কয়েক দিনের মধ্যেই সেই সাধ্বী নারী অসাধ্বী নারীদের দ্বারা পরিবেষ্টিত হল।
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":true,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"Avoid corrupting company and indulgent arts when they become vehicles of adharma; swift moral decline follows unguarded pleasure-seeking.","karmic_consequence":"Bad association quickly erodes sādhvī-bhāva (virtue) and leads to social and spiritual downfall; good association preserves dharma."}
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":"ethics (indriya-nigraha & saṅga)","core_concept":"Pleasure (viṣaya) coupled with unwholesome association rapidly reshapes identity; ‘dharma’ can be mimicked as a group-norm (tāsāṃ dharma) rather than true righteousness.","practical_application":"Cultivate sat-saṅga; engage arts with discipline and purpose; set boundaries so aesthetic enjoyment does not become moral drift."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social Narrative","Performing Arts"]
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: performative/social space (gīta-nṛtya milieu)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 175.26 (enticement); Varāha Purāṇa 175.28 (settled enjoyment day by day)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A lively hall of song and dance where the young woman begins to participate; the virtuous aura fading as she is encircled by the unvirtuous.","item_prompts":["musicians (vīṇā, mṛdaṅga)","dancers in motion","the girl joining reluctantly/then absorbed","circle of companions closing in","lamps and festive décor"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: rhythmic dance poses, bold outlines; oil-lamp glow; the central figure’s expression shifting from innocence to fascination.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: opulent dance court with gold highlights; jewelry and textiles; the ‘surrounded’ motif emphasized by concentric placement of figures.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant performing-arts tableau; nuanced faces; gentle but ominous compositional framing around the sādhvī.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical dance scene with bright palette; narrative caption feel; emphasize the ‘few days’ transformation through contrasting posture/attire."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic-narrative with lament","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium-fast (to mirror ‘in a few days’)","voice_tone":"warning, compassionate"}
FAQs
It shows how Purāṇic narratives frame moral transformation through association and leisure-culture motifs (song/dance), a useful data point for ethical and social-history studies.
No specific geographic identifier appears in this verse.
An implicit caution about moral influence through company and adopted customs (dharma as ‘way of life’ in context).
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