Varaha Purana 211.45: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 45
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
न शङ्खेन पिबेत्तोयं न हन्यान्मत्स्यसूकरौ ॥ एकादश्यां न भुञ्जीत पक्षयोरुभयोऽपि
na śaṅkhena pibettoyaṁ na hanyān matsyasūkarau || ekādaśyāṁ na bhuñjīta pakṣayor ubhayor api
Man soll Wasser nicht aus einer Muschel (Śaṅkha) trinken und weder Fische noch Eber töten. Am Ekādaśī soll man nicht essen—weder in der zunehmenden noch in der abnehmenden Monatshälfte.
Varāha (default dialogue frame)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"attentive; receiving detailed niyamas including ahiṃsā","key_question":"What specific prohibitions (food, conduct, violence) must be observed on Ekādaśī in both fortnights?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"instruction_summary":"On Ekādaśī (in either pakṣa), do not eat; avoid drinking water from a conch; do not kill fish or boars (ahiṃsā and ritual propriety).","karmic_consequence":"Observance preserves vrata-puṇya and purity; killing/indulgence damages merit and incurs sin (implied)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Ekādaśī-vrata (with ahiṃsā-niyamas)","tithi_month":"Ekādaśī in both śukla and kṛṣṇa pakṣas","promised_fruit":"Vrata purity and sustained merit leading toward Vaiṣṇava spiritual goals (as framed by the section)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The mention of ‘sūkara’ (boar) within Ekādaśī prohibitions implicitly sacralizes the boar as a divine-associated being; ahiṃsā toward sūkara resonates with honoring Varāha’s avatāra-form and the sanctity of life upheld by dharma.","vedantic_connection":"Respect for avatāra-symbols and restraint of violence/consumption as aids to sattva and devotion (bhakti supported by ethical purification)."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethical purification supporting devotion","core_concept":"Devotion is not only worship but also restraint: non-violence and regulated consumption protect inner clarity.","practical_application":"Keep Ekādaśī fast in both fortnights; avoid harm to aquatic/boar life; follow proper drinking/ritual etiquette as taught in one’s tradition."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Discipline","Non-violence"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 211.47–48 (goal and worship); Varāha Purāṇa 211.51–52 (fault and accommodation)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha enumerates Ekādaśī prohibitions: fasting, avoiding conch-drinking, and refraining from killing fish and boars.","item_prompts":["Varāha teaching gesture","conch placed aside (not used for drinking)","fish and boar depicted unharmed","Ekādaśī moon symbol","fasting setting with empty plate"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Varāha instructing; conch near a water pot but untouched; stylized fish in a pond and a boar in forest margin; strong iconographic clarity.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold accents on conch and halo; symbolic animals (fish, boar) rendered auspiciously; Ekādaśī lunar emblem; devotional restraint theme.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant domestic shrine scene; conch and water vessel; gentle depiction of animals; calm didactic mood.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative vignette with small pond (fish) and woodland (boar); Varāha pointing to a list-like scroll of rules; moon overhead."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional, restrained","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"measured, precise, cautionary"}
FAQs
It exemplifies how vrata regulations combine dietary restraint with non-violence norms, indicating an integrated ethical-ritual framework in Purāṇic practice literature.
No geographic site is named; the verse is prescriptive rather than topographical.
Abstain from eating on Ekādaśī (in both lunar fortnights) and avoid harm to certain animals, aligning ritual observance with restraint and non-violence.
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