Varaha Purana 14.49 — Adhyaya 14, Shloka 49
Ritual Procedure for Śrāddha: Sequence, Eligibility, and Offerings to Ancestors
मह्यं सनत्कुमारेण पूर्वकल्पे द्विजोत्तम । कथितं वायुना चापि देवानां शम्भुना तथा ॥ १४.४९ ॥
mahyaṃ sanatkumāreṇa pūrvakalpe dvijottama | kathitaṃ vāyunā cāpi devānāṃ śaṃbhunā tathā || 14.49 ||
O Bester unter den Zweimalgeborenen, dies wurde mir von Sanatkumāra in einem früheren Kalpa mitgeteilt; auch Vāyu hat es berichtet, und ebenso Śambhu unter den Göttern.
Varāha (default dialogue framework)
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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":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
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"}
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Subject Matter: ["Textual Transmission","Cosmology (Kalpa chronology)","Lineage of Teachers"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 14.14 (speaker grounds śrāddha teaching in prior authorities)
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FAQs
It documents a Purāṇic strategy of authority through transmission (paramparā), attributing the teaching to well-known figures (Sanatkumāra, Vāyu, Śambhu) and situating it within cyclical time (kalpa), a common feature of Purāṇic composition and redaction.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; the focus is on temporal framing (a prior kalpa) and the chain of narration.
Rather than prescribing conduct, the verse emphasizes epistemic caution and continuity: teachings are presented as preserved through recognized transmitters across cosmic cycles, encouraging careful reception of tradition within an archival framework.
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