Varaha Purana 112.31: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 31
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
ब्राह्मणस्य करे दत्त्वा सुवर्णं रौप्यमेव च ॥ कपिलायास्तदा पुच्छं ब्राह्मणस्य करे न्यसेत् ॥
brāhmaṇasya kare dattvā suvarṇaṃ raupyam eva ca || kapilāyās tadā pucchaṃ brāhmaṇasya kare nyaset ||
पहले ब्राह्मण के हाथ में सोना और चांदी रख दो। फिर कपिला गाय की पूँछ उसके हाथ में दे दो। यह तरीका है गाय दान करने का।
Varāha (default speaker within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
FAQs
It preserves a concrete ritual gesture of transfer (hand-to-hand), valuable for reconstructing historical practices of dāna and ceremonial legality.
No geographic location is identified.
Charity is framed as a formal, accountable act: the transfer is ritually enacted through specific objects and gestures.
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