Varaha Purana 110.3: Adhyaya 110, Shloka 3
The Glory and Procedure of the Grain-Cow (Dhānyadhenu) Donation
तदिदानीं प्रवक्ष्यामि धान्यधेनुविधिं परम् । दशधेनुप्रदानेन यत्फलं राजसत्तम ॥ तत्सर्वमेव प्राप्नोति व्रीहिधेनुप्रदानतः ॥
tad idānīṃ pravakṣyāmi dhānya-dhenu-vidhiṃ param | daśa-dhenu-pradānena yat-phalaṃ rāja-sattama || tat sarvam eva prāpnoti vrīhi-dhenu-pradānataḥ ||
अब मैं तुम्हे धान्य धेनु का विधि बताता हूँ। यह एक खास तरीका है। राजा, दस गाय दान करने जो पुण्य मिलता है, वो पूरा पुण्य तुम्हे चावल की गाय दान करने पे मिल जाएगा।
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It documents a ritualized form of donation where symbolic substitutes (a ‘cow’ made from grain) are treated as merit-equivalent, reflecting gift-economy ethics and material constraints in Purāṇic practice.
No geographic site is named in this verse; it is procedural and comparative (merit of gifts) rather than topographical.
The verse promotes dāna (charitable giving) by establishing that sincere, properly constituted offerings can carry high ethical and ritual value.
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