Varaha Purana 112.16: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 16
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
तथाग्नायी तथा देवी सुवर्णाख्या प्रवर्तते ॥ गृहीत्वा कपिलां शूद्रात्कामतः सदृशः पिबेत् ॥
tathāgnāyī tathā devī suvarṇākhyā pravartate || gṛhītvā kapilāṃ śūdrāt kāmataḥ sadṛśaḥ pibet ||
एक गाय का नाम अग्नायी है, एक का नाम सुवर्णा है। अगर कोई शूद्र से कपिला गाय ले ले, तो उसका हाल उसके जैसा हो जाता है। वो उसका फल भुगताता है।
Varāha
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It reflects a strand of Purāṇic-dharma discourse on gift-acceptance (pratigraha) and the social-ritual boundaries encoded in premodern normative texts.
No geographic location is mentioned.
It cautions against accepting certain gifts from specific social categories, presenting the act as morally and ritually consequential.
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