Varaha Purana 59.2 — Adhyaya 59, Shloka 2
The Obstacle-Removing Vow
Procedure for Worship of Vināyaka
चतुर्थ्यां फाल्गुने मासि ग्रहीतव्यं व्रतं त्विदम् । नक्ताहारेण राजेन्द्र तिलान्नं पारणं स्मृतम् । तदेवाग्नौ तु होतव्यं ब्राह्मणाय च तद्भवेत् ॥ ५९.२ ॥
caturthyāṃ phālgune māsi grahītavyaṃ vrataṃ tvidam | naktāhāreṇa rājendra tilānnaṃ pāraṇaṃ smṛtam | tadevāgnau tu hotavyaṃ brāhmaṇāya ca tad bhavet || 59.2 ||
«En la Chaturthī (cuarto día lunar) del mes de Phālguna debe emprenderse esta observancia. Oh señor de reyes, siguiendo el régimen de comer por la noche, se prescribe como comida de conclusión (pāraṇa) arroz con sésamo. Esa misma ofrenda debe depositarse en el fuego ritual, y también ha de darse a un brāhmaṇa.»
Varāha
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":"curious","key_question":"How is the obstacle-removing observance to be undertaken—its tithi, dietary rule, pāraṇa, and the required homa and brāhmaṇa-gift?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Undertake the vrata on Phālguna śukla/kr̥ṣṇa caturthī; observe night-only eating; conclude with sesame-rice pāraṇa, then offer it into fire and give to a brāhmaṇa.","karmic_consequence":"Correct observance functions as vighna-śamana (obstacle pacification) and safeguards ritual success; improper pāraṇa/dāna/homa weakens the rite’s protective efficacy."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Avighna-hara (vighna-śamana) Caturthī Vrata (as described here)","tithi_month":"Caturthī in Phālguna","promised_fruit":"Prevention/removal of impediments (vighna-nivṛtti) even for properly performed acts; ritual completion without obstruction."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-yoga (ritual discipline)","core_concept":"Ritual success is stabilized by restraint (niyama), correct closure (pāraṇa), and transference of merit through homa and dāna.","practical_application":"Observe regulated diet (naktāhāra), perform proper pāraṇa, and complete the act with homa plus brāhmaṇa-satkara (gift) to seal the rite."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice","Dharma"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: śraddhā-bhakti
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 59.59.4 (fruit: freedom from all obstacles); Varāha Purāṇa 59.59.5 (Sagara precedent)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha (as divine teacher) instructs the listener on a Phālguna caturthī vrata: night meal discipline, sesame-rice pāraṇa, offering into fire, and gifting to a brāhmaṇa.","item_prompts":["Varāha as teacher (anthropomorphic with boar head or divine form)","sacred fire altar (agni) with ladle","bowl of tilānna (sesame-rice)","brāhmaṇa receiving dāna","moon-calendar motif indicating caturthī"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Varāha with ornate crown and boar visage, standing beside a homa-kuṇḍa; attendants hold a vessel of tilānna; a brāhmaṇa in white receives offering; rich reds/ochres.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with gold-leaf halo; homa fire with stylized flames; gleaming vessels; brāhmaṇa figure at side receiving dāna; heavy ornamentation.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined homa scene; Varāha in teaching gesture; detailed utensils (sruc, pātra); soft shading; calm devotional ambience.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate courtyard homa; Varāha and brāhmaṇa in profile; simple vessels of sesame-rice; cool palette with delicate architectural lines."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"ritual-instructional, devotional","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"measured, authoritative"}
FAQs
It documents a standardized Purāṇic vrata protocol—date specification (caturthī in Phālguna), dietary discipline (naktāhāra), and the closing rite (pāraṇa)—reflecting how late-classical Sanskrit texts systematized household and royal ritual practice.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is a calendrical and procedural instruction rather than a site-specific passage.
The verse emphasizes disciplined observance and socially oriented giving: completing a vow with restraint (regulated eating) and directing offerings through fire-ritual and charitable gifting to a brāhmaṇa.
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