Varaha Purana 175.23 — Adhyaya 175, Shloka 23
The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter
प्रवर्त्तते सुवित्ताढ्य प्रेक्षणीयं मनोरमम् ॥ वादित्राणि च गीतानि शक्रस्य भवने यथा ॥
pravarttate suvittāḍhya prekṣaṇīyaṃ manoramam | vāditrāṇi ca gītāni śakrasya bhavane yathā ||
It proceeded splendidly, abundant in resources—delightful and worthy of seeing. There were musical instruments and songs, as though in the palace of Śakra (Indra).
Varāha (default for this fragmentary excerpt)
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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"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ritual aesthetics (yajña as public dharma)","core_concept":"Ritual is not only offering but also ordered beauty—sound (vāditra, gīta) and abundance become signs of dharmic prosperity.","practical_application":"In Purāṇic reading, note how sensory richness is used to mark a rite as successful (sampanna) and socially integrative."}
Subject Matter: ["Ritual Culture","Courtly Culture","Poetics"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: śṛṅgāra
Type: ritual-festival space / temple precinct
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 175.24.0 (king and continuous satra)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"festive, luminous","suggested_raga":"Hamsadhwani","pace":"medium-fast","voice_tone":"bright, celebratory, rhythmic emphasis on vāditra/gīta"}
FAQs
It preserves terminology for music and spectacle associated with ritual patronage, offering a window into cultural performance motifs in Purāṇic narrative.
No new place-name appears here; the verse uses a mythic comparison to Śakra’s (Indra’s) palace.
No explicit ethical rule is stated; the verse emphasizes the grandeur and public visibility of patronized ritual events.
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