Varaha Purana 57.7 — Adhyaya 57, Shloka 7
The Observance for Attaining Radiance: The Soma Kānti-Vrata
अनेनैव च मार्गेण दत्त्वार्घ्यं परमेष्ठिनः । रात्रौ सविप्रो भुञ्जीत यवान्नं सघृतं नरः ॥ ५७.७ ॥
anenaiva ca mārgeṇa dattvārghyaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ | rātrau savipro bhuñjīta yavānnaṃ saghṛtaṃ naraḥ || 57.7 ||
Nach demselben Verfahren, nachdem man Parameṣṭhin die Arghya-Darbringung dargebracht hat, soll ein Mann—zusammen mit einem Brāhmaṇa—nachts Gerstenkost (yava) mit Ghee zu sich nehmen.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"attentive","key_question":"After offering arghya, what dietary and social (with a brāhmaṇa) observance should be followed at night to complete the rite?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"instruction_summary":"After offering arghya to Parameṣṭhin by the prescribed method, eat at night barley food with ghee, in the company/presence of a brāhmaṇa.","karmic_consequence":"Observing the prescribed sāttvika diet and brāhmaṇa-association supports purity and completion of the rite; violation weakens the vrata/karma’s fruit."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Night barley-with-ghee dietary niyama (as part of the Parameṣṭhin/Soma arghya observance)","tithi_month":"Night following the arghya day; verse itself does not specify month/tithi.","promised_fruit":"Purification and successful completion of the observance; explicit phala not stated here."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethical-ritual discipline","core_concept":"Ritual efficacy is sustained by bodily discipline (food) and dharmic social alignment (honoring/including brāhmaṇas).","practical_application":"Pair worship with restrained, simple diet and respectful inclusion of qualified ritual witnesses/participants."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 57.57.5-6 (arghya and Soma praise); Varāha Purāṇa 57.57.8 (seasonal food/oblations)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A completed arghya rite transitions into a simple night meal: a man sits with a brāhmaṇa, eating barley preparation with ghee in a purified setting, indicating vrata discipline.","item_prompts":["arghya vessel set aside","night setting (lamp, stars)","barley dish (yavānna) and ghee bowl","brāhmaṇa seated with sacred thread","clean dining space with kuśa mat"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: interior lit by oil lamp, two seated figures (householder and brāhmaṇa) with ritual vessels nearby; stylized food bowls; calm composure.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: ornate but focused composition—lamp glow, gold accents on vessels; brāhmaṇa and devotee seated with barley-and-ghee offering plate.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: realistic textures for ghee and barley, gentle lamp-light, dignified brāhmaṇa presence; restrained palette.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate nocturnal household scene, simple meal on floor, delicate linework, quiet devotional domesticity."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"procedural-calm","suggested_raga":"Bhairavī (grounded discipline)","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"steady, instructive"}
FAQs
It preserves a prescriptive ritual-and-diet regimen typical of Purāṇic dharma literature, reflecting how offerings (arghya) and regulated meals were integrated into household or vow-based observances.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on a procedural instruction (offering arghya) and a dietary rule.
The primary instruction concerns disciplined observance: perform the offering according to the stated method and maintain a regulated, simple night meal (barley with ghee), framed as part of a ritual routine.
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