Varaha Purana 155.66: Adhyaya 155, Shloka 66
The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha
Pūrva Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Kārttikī rites: vṛṣotsarga and śrāddha)
वृषोत्सर्गं नरः कुर्वंस्तारयेत्सकुलोद्भवान् ॥ श्राद्धं यः कुरुते सुभ्रु कार्तिक्यां प्रयतो नरः ॥
vṛṣotsargaṁ naraḥ kurvaṁs tārayet sakulodbhavān || śrāddhaṁ yaḥ kurute subhru kārtikyāṁ prayato naraḥ ||
vRRiShotsargaM naraH kurvaMstArayetsakulodbhavAn || shrAddhaM yaH kurute subhru kArtikyAM prayato naraH
जो इंसान बैल को छोड़ देता है, वो अपने पूरे खानदान को तार देता है। और जो कार्तिक में श्राद्ध करता है, उसका बड़ा पुण्य होता है।
Sandhi Notes
- vṛṣotsargam = vṛṣa-utsargam
- tārayet sakulodbhavān = tārayet + sa-kula-udbhavān
- kārtikyāṁ (loc. sg.)
- kurvaṁs = kurvan (anusvāra before sibilant in Devanagari)
Varāha
Serious, dharma-oriented attentiveness
Which rites effectively uplift ancestors and lineage, and what is the proper month/discipline for śrāddha?
One’s spiritual life includes responsibility to ancestors; disciplined ritual action can transmit uplift across generations.
In Kārttikā, combine tīrtha-snāna with śrāddha and sanctioned rites like vṛṣotsarga, maintaining purity, restraint, and correct intention.
Varāha instructs Earth (addressed as subhru/vasundharā) on lineage-liberating rites: vṛṣotsarga and Kārttikā śrāddha.
Perform vṛṣotsarga to uplift one’s lineage; perform śrāddha in Kārttikā with restraint (prayata) for strong ancestral benefit.
Delivers (tārayet) the entire kula; śrāddha done with discipline yields ancestral satisfaction and uplift, while negligence implies diminished pitṛ-prīti.
Kula-tāraṇa (deliverance of lineage) and pitṛ-uplift through properly performed śrāddha.
Indirect: Vaiṣṇava tīrtha setting frames ancestral rites within Krishna-centered Braj pilgrimage culture.
Varāha Purāṇa 155.75 (explicit pitṛ-tāraṇa result)
FAQs
It preserves references to domestic/ancestral rites (śrāddha) and vṛṣotsarga within a tīrtha framework, offering evidence for how Purāṇic texts integrated ritual, kinship, and pilgrimage.
No specific toponym occurs in this verse; it continues the chapter’s tīrtha context without naming the site here.
It emphasizes disciplined ritual conduct and intergenerational responsibility, framing actions as benefiting a broader lineage.
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