Varaha Purana 142.33: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 33
The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics
न संस्पृशेत्तृतीयां तु चतुर्थी न कदाचन ॥ कृते संभोगधर्मे तु कृतकौतुकसंस्थितः ॥
na saṃspṛśet tṛtīyāṃ tu caturthī na kadācana || kṛte saṃbhogadharme tu kṛtakautukasaṃsthitaḥ ||
No debe tocarse (a ella) en el tercer día, y nunca en el cuarto. Cuando la norma relativa al coito ha sido cumplida debidamente, uno queda establecido como quien ha completado la observancia del kautuka.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"Do not touch on the third day, and never on the fourth; after properly observing the intercourse-rule, one is considered to have completed the kautuka observance.","karmic_consequence":"Observance maintains ritual purity and dharmic order; transgression (esp. 3rd/4th day) is censured and leads to impurity and blame (explicitly ‘adhama’ in 142.39)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ritual_ethics","core_concept":"Dharma is expressed through precise boundaries (niyama/niṣedha); completion of a rule-based act confers a sense of ‘kṛta’ (done) and restores order.","practical_application":"Follow prescribed timing boundaries; treat conjugal conduct as regulated ācāra rather than impulse; mark completion with post-act śauca and mental closure (kautuka-sense)."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Conduct"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bībhatsa
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 142.34 (intent and second-day prohibition); Varāha Purāṇa 142.37 (bath and garments); Varāha Purāṇa 142.39 (censure for 3rd/4th)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A rule-setting tableau: Varāha enumerates prohibited days with counting gesture; a symbolic calendar/lotus-petal day markers; ‘kautuka’ completion suggested by a tied thread or auspicious token set aside after observance.","item_prompts":["Varāha teaching with counting fingers","day-markers (3 and 4) shown as symbols","kautuka-thread (maṅgala-sūtra-like token or wrist thread) as metaphor","water pot and fresh cloth folded nearby"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Varāha in vyākhyāna-mudrā, stylized day symbols on a panel; subdued household scene; rich flat colors and ornate borders.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold haloed Varāha; embossed day symbols; a small tied thread motif indicating kautuka; minimalistic but iconic composition.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined, narrative clarity—Varāha pointing to a small board with ‘third/fourth’ markers; gentle palette.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: pavilion teaching with attendants; delicate depiction of thread/token and folded garments; lyrical restraint."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"normative, precise","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, clipped on prohibitions; slightly emphatic on ‘na…kadācana’"}
FAQs
It preserves a prescriptive model of embodied discipline, typical of dharma literature, transmitted through Purāṇic framing.
No geographic reference appears here.
It advises restraint on specified days and emphasizes completing a regulated observance rather than acting impulsively.
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