Varaha Purana 138.67 — Adhyaya 138, Shloka 67
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
एवं शरदि निर्वृत्ते कौमुदे समुपागते॥ सा तस्मिन्मासि सुश्रोणि शुक्लपक्षान्तरे तदा
evaṃ śaradi nirvṛtte kaumude samupāgate || sā tasmin māsi suśroṇi śuklapakṣāntare tadā
Así, cuando el otoño hubo pasado y llegó la estación de las noches iluminadas por la luna (kaumudī), entonces, en aquel mes—oh de hermosas caderas—durante la quincena luminosa (śukla-pakṣa)…
Varāha (default frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious","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":"Kaumudī season; month unspecified in fragment; bright fortnight (śukla-pakṣa)","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":"kāla-tattva (time as structuring power)","core_concept":"Kāla governs transitions—seasons and lunar fortnights shape human action, ritual timing, and narrative destiny.","practical_application":"Align major undertakings and observances with śukla-pakṣa/seasonal auspiciousness; cultivate awareness of cyclical change to reduce clinging and increase preparedness."}
Subject Matter: ["Seasonal cycles","Narrative transition","Time-reckoning"]
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: kāla (time/season) rather than deśa
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 138 (transition into a specific month/bright fortnight episode)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A transition scene: autumn giving way to moonlit kaumudī nights; a bright, rising moon over a calm landscape, with the narrator addressing a ‘fair-hipped’ listener as the bright fortnight begins.","item_prompts":["full/bright moon","clear autumn sky shifting to moonlit nights","calendar-like motif (crescent to full)","listener figure suggested (suśroṇi)","soft silver light on trees/water"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: large luminous moon disc, stylized clouds, silver-white highlights; narrator/listener in classical profile at the edge, indicating dialogue frame.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: moon rendered with gold/silver effect; ornate border suggesting calendrical transition; figures minimally placed to emphasize time-marker.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined night lighting, gentle chiaroscuro, delicate facial expressions for the addressed listener; emphasis on serene lunar glow.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: expansive moonlit sky, small figures in conversation, cool washes of blue and white; lyrical, seasonal atmosphere."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"anticipatory, calm","suggested_raga":"Yaman (evening/transition)","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"measured and narrative, with a slight lift on kaumude samupāgate and a cadence pause at śukla-pakṣāntare."}
FAQs
It reflects traditional Indian calendrical and seasonal structuring of narrative time, linking events to lunar fortnights and seasonal markers.
No geographic location is specified; the verse is temporal rather than spatial.
No explicit ethical instruction; it provides temporal framing that often supports ritual, domestic, or social actions elsewhere in the narrative.
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