Varaha Purana 108.4: Adhyaya 108, Shloka 4
The Eulogy and Procedure of Donating the ‘Salt-Cow’
Lavaṇadhenu
मुखं गुडमयं तस्या दन्ताः फलमया नृप ॥ जिह्वां शर्करया राजन् घ्राणं गन्धमयं तथा ॥ नेत्रे रत्नमये कुर्यात् कर्णौ पत्रमयौ तथा ॥ श्रीखण्डमयकोष्ठौ च नवनीतमयाः स्तनाः ॥
mukhaṃ guḍamayaṃ tasyā dantāḥ phalamayā nṛpa || jihvāṃ śarkarayā rājan ghrāṇaṃ gandhamayaṃ tathā || netre ratnamaye kuryāt karṇau patramayau tathā || śrīkhaṇḍamayakoṣṭhau ca navanītamayāḥ stanāḥ ||
गाय का मुँह गुड़ से बनाओ। दाँत फल से हों। जीभी चीनी की हों। नाक सुगंध वाली चीज़ से बनाओ। आँखें रत्नों की हों। कान पत्ते से बनेंगे। पहलवान चंदन के हों। थैन माखन से बनाओ।
Hotṛ
FAQs
It catalogues a ritual-material taxonomy (sweeteners, fragrance, jewels, leaves, sandalwood), useful for reconstructing premodern Indian gift economies and symbolic aesthetics.
No geographic location is specified.
The passage frames generosity as an intentional offering of sustenance and valued goods, encoded in a detailed, rule-based form.
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