Varaha Purana 102.16 — Adhyaya 102, Shloka 16

The Merit and Ritual Procedure of Donating a Jaggery Cow

Guḍadhenu

Devanagari script

श्रद्धान्वितेन दातव्या भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदा । सर्वकामप्रदा नित्यं सर्वपापहरास्मृता ॥

Transliteration

śraddhānvitena dātavyā bhuktimuktiphalapradā | sarvakāmapradā nityaṃ sarvapāpaharā smṛtā ||

Translation

Sie soll von einem Glaubenserfüllten gegeben werden; sie verleiht die Früchte weltlichen Genusses und der Befreiung (mokṣa). Man gedenkt ihrer als stets alle Wünsche gewährend und alle Sünden tilgend.

Word by Word

• śraddhā-anvitena: with faith/endowed with faith
• śraddhā-anvitena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास: श्रद्धया अन्वितः; कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter) as instrument of agent, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• dātavyā: should be given
• dātavyā: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + tavya (तव्यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (Gerundive/तव्यत्: 'to be given'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhukti-mukti-phala-pradā: granting the fruits of enjoyment and liberation
• bhukti-mukti-phala-pradā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhukti (प्रातिपदिक) + mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + pradā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष समास: भुक्तेः मुक्तेः फलस्य प्रदा; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarva-kāma-pradā: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pradā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास: सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative: 'always/constantly')

• sarva-pāpa-harā: removing all sins
• sarva-pāpa-harā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + harā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास: सर्वं पापं हरति; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• smṛtā: is said/remembered (as)
• smṛtā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त) used predicatively; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice)

Varaha Avatara Context

Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}

Bhu Devi Dialogue

Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}

Mathura Mandala

Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}

Dharma Shastra

Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"dana","instruction_summary":"Give with śraddhā; the gift yields both bhukti and mukti, grants desires, and removes sins.","karmic_consequence":"With faith, one gains worldly prosperity and liberation and is cleansed of pāpa; without śraddhā, the intended fruit is implicitly weakened."}

Vrata Mahatmya

Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"promised_fruit":"Bhukti (enjoyment), Mukti (liberation), sarvakāma-siddhi, pāpa-kṣaya"}

Cosmic Boar Symbolism

Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}

Philosophical Teaching

Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"soteriology (bhukti-mukti synthesis)","core_concept":"Śraddhā transforms external ritual into an inner purifier; the same act can yield both worldly and transcendent ends when aligned with dharma.","practical_application":"Cultivate faith and purity of motive before giving; treat charity as spiritual discipline, not mere transaction."}

Subject Matter

Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Soteriology (Mukti)","Ritual Merit (phala)"]

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: śānta

Secondary Rasa: śṛṅgāra

Geographic Context

Type: ethical_domain

Cross References

Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 102.17 (kāla/pātra); Varāha Purāṇa 102.19 (Vaiṣṇava state and removal of misfortune)

Visual Art Cues

Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A serene donor offers guḍa-dhenu with hands in reverence; behind, two symbolic paths unfold—one of prosperity (grain, ornaments) and one of liberation (light, lotus, upward ascent), while dark stains of sin dissolve.","item_prompts":["donor with śraddhā (añjali, calm face)","guḍa-dhenu offering","symbols of bhukti (wealth, harvest)","symbols of mukti (lotus, radiance, upward path)","dissolving dark pāpa-clouds"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Balanced dual-register symbolism (bhukti/mukti) with luminous central act of giving; strong outlines; iconographic lotus-light for mokṣa.","tanjore_prompt":"Gold-leaf radiance for mukti path; embossed prosperity motifs; central figures with ornate halos.","mysore_prompt":"Soft, devotional mood; subtle glow around offering; refined symbolic elements for bhukti and mukti.","pahari_prompt":"Minimalist, poetic symbolism; a thin golden path rising to a lotus in the sky; gentle pastoral prosperity cues."}

Audio Atmosphere

Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional-instructional, purifying","suggested_raga":"Kalyāṇi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"warm, contemplative, gently emphatic on ‘śraddhā’"}

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It encapsulates a common Purāṇic pairing—bhukti and mukti—showing how ritual generosity is framed as supporting both social wellbeing and ultimate aims.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference appears; the verse is doctrinal and ethical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Give with śraddhā (sincere intent); the moral emphasis is on intentionality and purification through generosity.