Varaha Purana 137.41 — Adhyaya 137, Shloka 41
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
धनधान्यसमृद्धेषु रूपवान्गुणवान्शुचिः ॥ मद्भक्तश्चैव जायेत मम कर्मपरायणः ॥
dhanadhānyasamṛddheṣu rūpavān guṇavān śuciḥ | madbhaktaś caiva jāyeta mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ ||
In Familien, die an Reichtum und Korn gedeihen, wird man schön, tugendhaft und rein geboren; und man wird mein Verehrer, auch dem Vollzug meiner vorgeschriebenen Handlungen hingegeben.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Varāha assures sinlessness and the fruit of trouble-free kingship; no explicit Bhū interaction."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"burdened","key_question":"How does merit protect a ruler from sin and enable a healthy, obstacle-free reign (rājadharma fruit)?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"rajaniti","instruction_summary":"A meritorious/virtuous agent (implicitly a king) remains untainted by sin and attains a reign free from internal ‘thorns’ and disease.","karmic_consequence":"Observance of dharma and purity yields pāpa-alepa (non-adherence of sin) and stable, healthy governance; adharma yields troubles (kaṇṭaka) and affliction."}
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":"rājadharma / karmic governance","core_concept":"Inner purity and dharmic conduct create a protective moral field where sin does not ‘stick’; good rule manifests as social health and absence of obstacles.","practical_application":"For leaders: enforce justice without cruelty, maintain personal discipline, support dharma (charity, protection, truth), and treat governance as sacred duty to prevent ‘thorns’ (corruption, rebellion, disease)."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: vīra
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: rājadharma and puṇya-pāpa discussions (general)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha declares that the dharmic ruler is untouched by sin and rules a kingdom without ‘thorns’—shown as a peaceful, healthy realm with content subjects.","item_prompts":["Varāha teaching/blessing","king with crown and folded hands","prosperous city/fields","symbols of ‘no thorns’: removed spikes, calm guards, healthy people"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Varāha bestowing assurance; king kneeling; stylized kingdom scene with orderly streets and lush fields; strong outlines.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: Varāha with gold halo; king receiving boon; gold accents on crown and palace; iconographic clarity and symmetry.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: courtly elegance; subtle depiction of peaceful administration; refined textiles and calm expressions.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: panoramic hill-kingdom scene—peaceful subjects, green terraces; Varāha and king in the foreground in intimate counsel."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"authoritative and reassuring","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"steady, regal, confident"}
FAQs
It connects moral-ritual life with ideals of prosperity and virtue, reflecting how Purāṇic texts encode social values alongside spiritual pedagogy.
No specific location is named in this verse.
It commends purity (śuci), cultivated virtues (guṇa), devotion (bhakti), and committed practice (karmaparāyaṇa) as a coherent ethical profile.
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