Varaha Purana 211.95: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 95
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
स ब्रह्महा सुरापश्च स स्तेयी गुरुतल्पगः ॥ एकादश्यां तु यो भुङ्क्ते पक्षयोरुभयोऽपि ॥
sa brahmahā surāpaś ca sa steyī gurutalpagaḥ || ekādaśyāṁ tu yo bhuṅkte pakṣayor ubhayor api ||
Wer am Ekādaśī—in einer der beiden Monatshälften—isst, gilt als Brahmanenmörder, Trinker von Rauschmitteln, Dieb und als einer, der das Lager des Lehrers entweiht.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in verse)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"earth_interaction":"Varāha lays down a strict normative rule for Earth’s benefit: eating on Ekādaśī equates to mahāpātaka-like guilt."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Do not eat on Ekādaśī in either fortnight; violation is treated as equivalent to the gravest sins (mahāpātakas).","karmic_consequence":"Eating on Ekādaśī incurs mahāpātaka-equivalent demerit (brahmahatyā, surāpāna, steya, gurutalpagamana) and thus severe spiritual downfall (implied)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Ekādaśī-vrata (fasting/abstention from eating)","tithi_month":"Ekādaśī of both pakṣas (śukla and kṛṣṇa)","promised_fruit":"Not stated here; implied fruit is avoidance of grave sin and preservation of purity/merit."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethical discipline through sacred time","core_concept":"Ritual restraint is moral reality: violating Ekādaśī is not minor lapse but a profound breach of dharma.","practical_application":"Observe Ekādaśī with fasting/abstinence and mindful conduct; treat the tithi as a moral boundary."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice","Law and Social Norms"]
Primary Rasa: bhayānaka
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: normative/ritual domain
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 211.211.6 (fasting at Hari’s śayana/bodhana/parivartana)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A stern didactic moment: Varāha declares that eating on Ekādaśī makes one equivalent to perpetrators of the four great sins.","item_prompts":["Varāha with admonishing hand gesture","symbolic four ‘mahāpātaka’ emblems (broken sacred thread, wine vessel, stolen goods, illicit bed)","darkened aura around a figure eating","contrast with a fasting devotee"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dramatic chiaroscuro; Varāha authoritative; symbolic panels of the four sins around; restrained palette emphasizing warning.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with commanding stance; gold borders; small icon-medallions for the four sins; devotee shown rejecting food.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: narrative clarity; moral tableau with two figures (fasting vs eating); refined ornament; clear iconography for transgression.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: storybook split-scene; gentle but firm Varāha; expressive faces; symbolic motifs simplified into readable emblems."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"austere-warning","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium-fast","voice_tone":"firm, emphatic, admonitory"}
FAQs
It uses the idiom of ‘great transgressions’ (mahāpātaka-like rhetoric) to enforce fasting norms, illustrating how Purāṇic texts encode ritual discipline through strong ethical-legal language.
No geographic location is mentioned.
Observe restraint on Ekādaśī; the verse emphasizes the seriousness of violating a vowed discipline.
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