Varaha Purana 58.2 — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 2
The Procedure for the Saubhāgyakaraṇa Vow
Rite for Auspicious Fortune
फाल्गुनस्य तु मासस्य तृतीया शुक्लपक्षतः । उपासितव्या नक्तेन शुचिना सत्यवादिना ॥ ५८.२ ॥
phālgunasya tu māsasya tṛtīyā śuklapakṣataḥ | upāsitavyā naktena śucinā satyavādinā || 58.2 ||
ফাল্গুন মাসের শুক্লপক্ষের তৃতীয়া তিথি নক্তব্রতসহ পালনীয়; শুচি ও সত্যবাদী হয়ে উপাসনা করতে হয়।
Varāha
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":"In Phālguna śukla tṛtīyā, observe the rite with night-fast (nakta), maintaining purity and truthfulness.","karmic_consequence":"Following the rule supports the vrata’s promised auspicious fruit; violating purity/truth/fast undermines efficacy and merit (implied)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Saubhāgya-kara vrata (as introduced)","tithi_month":"Phālguna month, Śukla Pakṣa, Tṛtīyā; nakta (night-time fast)","promised_fruit":"Saubhāgya and auspicious well-being (as per preceding introduction), gained quickly."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethical-ritual integration","core_concept":"Vrata-fruit depends on inner virtues (satya, śauca) joined to outer discipline (nakta, tithi).","practical_application":"Choose the specified tithi; keep bodily/mental cleanliness; speak truth; maintain the night-fast as the vrata’s core discipline."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Observance","Time-reckoning (Tithi and lunar fortnight)"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: hita/upadeśa (didactic)
Type: ritual-practice setting
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 58.58.1 (vrata purpose: saubhāgya)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A devotee observing Phālguna śukla tṛtīyā with nakta-vrata: daytime worship and restraint, evening simple offering after nightfall, emphasizing purity and truth.","item_prompts":["lunar calendar motif (tṛtīyā moon)","clean altar with lamp and flowers","devotee in simple white cloth","water pot for ācamana","night-sky transition indicating nakta"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Stylized domestic shrine scene with bold lamp flame, flat colors, clear night-sky band; devotee in restrained posture.","tanjore_prompt":"Gold-leaf lamp and haloed deity on altar; rich ornamented frame; devotee offering flowers at dusk/night.","mysore_prompt":"Detailed puja room with soft lighting; realistic textiles; gentle chiaroscuro for night observance.","pahari_prompt":"Courtyard at twilight with moon visible; small shrine and devotee; delicate, cool palette and fine lines."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"observance-instruction","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"measured, precise, rule-enunciating"}
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic mode of calendrical discipline—linking specific lunar dates (tithi) with regulated conduct—showing how medieval Sanskrit textual culture systematized observances through month-by-month prescriptions.
No geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is temporal (Phālguna month, bright fortnight, third tithi) rather than spatial.
The observance is framed as requiring personal purity and truthfulness (śuci and satyavādin), emphasizing ethical discipline as a prerequisite alongside the ritual act of fasting at night.
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