Varaha Purana 44.17 — Adhyaya 44, Shloka 17
The Vaiśākha Bright-Twelfth Observance: Worship of Hari as Jāmadagnya and Its Fruits
प्रासङ्गिकं फलं ह्येतद्गतस्यास्य महामुने । सुपुत्रो जायते वित्तविद्यावान्कान्तिरुत्तमा ॥ ४४.१७ ॥
prāsaṅgikaṃ phalaṃ hy etad gatasyāsya mahāmune | suputro jāyate vittavidyāvān kāntir uttamā || 44.17 ||
O großer Weiser, dies ist wahrlich eine beiläufige Frucht für den, der dorthin gelangt ist (oder diese Übung vollzogen hat): Ein guter Sohn wird geboren; man erlangt Reichtum und Wissen; und ein vortrefflicher Glanz (oder Schönheit) tritt hervor.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Vaiśākha-śukla-dvādaśī-vrata / associated tīrtha-vrata (implied by ‘gatasyāsya’)","tithi_month":"Vaiśākha, śukla Dvādaśī (from immediate context)","promised_fruit":"Incidental fruits: good progeny, wealth, learning, and superior luster/beauty (kānti)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"phala-śruti hermeneutic","core_concept":"Secondary benefits accompany sincere dharmic observance—progeny, prosperity, learning, and inner/outer radiance.","practical_application":"Undertake vows/pilgrimage with steadiness; accept fruits as by-products while keeping the practice anchored in devotion and discipline."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 44.44.15-16 (the Dvādaśī and its demonstrated result)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A benedictory proclamation enumerating the ‘incidental fruits’—son, wealth, learning, and radiance—shown as symbolic personifications surrounding the devotee.","item_prompts":["four symbolic motifs: child (putra), coins/grain (dhana), palm-leaf manuscripts (vidyā), glowing aura (kānti)","speaker-sage/Varāha-narrator presence implied","devotee in prayer posture"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: allegorical composition with personified boons around a central devotee; rich flat colors; clear iconographic symbols; serene mood.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central devotee with surrounding boon-symbols in medallions; heavy gold on aura and wealth motifs; ornate borders.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant allegory; soft glow for kānti; detailed manuscripts and jewelry; balanced composition.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: poetic allegory with gentle landscape; boons as small vignettes around the devotee; delicate line and pastel palette."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"benedictory and declarative","suggested_raga":"Madhyamavati","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, affirmative, concluding (phala-śruti style)"}
FAQs
It exemplifies the Purāṇic phala-śruti style, where a text or practice is framed with ancillary benefits (social continuity, learning, prosperity), reflecting how such works were transmitted and valued in premodern South Asian literary culture.
No specific location is named in this isolated verse; the referent of “one who has gone (there)” depends on the immediately surrounding passage in Adhyāya 44.
Rather than a direct command, the verse offers an incentive structure: it presents socially valued outcomes (good offspring, learning, prosperity, personal radiance) as associated with undertaking the referenced act or visiting the referenced site.
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