Varaha Purana 112.53 — Adhyaya 112, Shloka 53
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
पुरोहिताय गुरवे दद्याद्भक्तिसमन्वितः ॥ ब्रह्माण्डोदरवर्तीनि यानि भूतानि पार्थिव
purohitāya gurave dadyādbhaktisamanvitaḥ || brahmāṇḍodaravartīni yāni bhūtāni pārthiva
Dotado de devoción, uno debe dárselo al sacerdote oficiante (purohita), a su maestro. Oh rey, cualesquiera seres que moran en el interior del huevo cósmico (brahmāṇḍa)—
Varāha (default dialogue frame)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"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":true,"topic":"dana","instruction_summary":"Devotionally give the prescribed gift to the officiating priest (purohita) and to one’s guru as part of ritual propriety.","karmic_consequence":"Proper dāna strengthens ritual merit and supports cosmic welfare; neglect/withholding diminishes the intended sacrificial fruit and incurs demerit through disrespect to guru and ṛtvij."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The brahmāṇḍa (cosmic egg) is treated as a totality whose ‘interior beings’ are ritually represented; gifting the brahmāṇḍa-object functions as a microcosmic transfer that ritually ‘gives’ the contained worlds/beings, aligning dāna with cosmic maintenance (loka-saṃgraha).","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Brahmāṇḍa-as-ritual-object (kalaśa/anda) standing for the layered cosmos and its inhabitants; the gift is a symbolic offering of the whole cosmic interior to the sacred recipients (guru/ṛtvij).","vedantic_connection":"Microcosm–macrocosm correspondence (piṇḍa–brahmāṇḍa) and the idea that intention (bhakti) plus proper recipient makes an act ‘cosmically effective’; dāna becomes a means of purifying possessiveness (mamatā) and aligning with dharma."}
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Ritual Practice","Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: śraddhā-bhakti
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 112.62-65 (merit-comparison and brahmāṇḍa-dāna narrative continuation)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic and reverent","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, instructive, devotional"}
FAQs
It documents the social-religious institutions of transmission (guru) and ritual mediation (purohita) as key recipients in dāna frameworks.
No geographic location is specified; the reference is cosmological (brahmāṇḍa).
To give with devotion and proper respect to knowledge and ritual custodians (guru and purohita).
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