Varaha Purana 191.15: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 15
Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation
Uttara Bhāga · Dāna-vidhi and Madhuparka Ritual (Hospitality Offering)
ब्रह्मन् यात्युत्तरं स्थानं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति॥ तस्य क्रियां प्रवक्ष्यामि मम दानप्रतिग्रहात्॥
brahman yāty uttaraṃ sthānaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati || tasya kriyāṃ pravakṣyāmi mama dāna-pratigrahāt ||
brahman yAtyuttaraM sthAnaM yatra gatvA na shochati|| tasya kriyAM pravakShyAmi mama dAnapratigrahAt
ब्राह्मण लोग एक ऊंची जगह पहुँचते हैं। वहाँ जाके कोई दुखी नहीं होता। मैं अब तुम्हे बताता हूँ कि यह कैसे होता है। यह तब होता जब कोई मुझे दान देता है और मैं उसे अक्सेप्ट करता हूँ।
Sandhi Notes
- यात्युत्तरम् = याति + उत्तरम्
- दानप्रतिग्रहात् = दान-प्रतिग्रहात् (समास)
Varāha
Dāna offered to the divine with proper rite conduces to an exalted, griefless state.
Practice generosity as worship: give with reverence, correct method, and relinquishment; treat giving as spiritual discipline.
The deity’s ‘acceptance of the gift’ sacralizes dāna as a bridge from worldly exchange to transcendence; the ‘higher realm without grief’ encodes the soteriological aim of yajña/dāna when offered to īśvara.
Pratigraha (divine receiving) parallels devatā-bhāga in yajña; the fruit ‘na śocati’ echoes the sacrificial promise of crossing beyond duḥkha through rightly offered havis/dāna.
Offering to īśvara transforms karma into a means of purification; ‘no grief’ hints at a move toward śānti—either heavenly sukha or, in a higher reading, freedom from śoka through sattva and devotion.
Varāha teaches that offering/gifting accepted by him (mama dāna-pratigraha) through the prescribed rite leads the giver to an ‘uttara’ (higher) realm free from grief.
Observance yields ascent to a sorrowless higher state/realm; refusal/omission forfeits that fruit.
Varāha Purāṇa 191.15 (arcana + madhuparka offering as the operative rite)
FAQs
It reflects Purāṇic ritual pedagogy where merit (puṇya) is linked to regulated giving and hospitality, framed as a transmissible procedure (kriyā).
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it speaks generally of an 'uttaraṃ sthānam' (a higher realm).
That properly conducted giving and reception of offerings is treated as an ethically meaningful act with beneficial consequences.
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