Varaha Purana 191.6: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 6
Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation
श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ शृणु भूमे प्रयत्नेन मधुपर्को यथा कृतः ॥ उत्पत्तिश्चैव दानं च सर्वो यस्य च हीयते ॥
śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu bhūme prayatnena madhuparko yathā kṛtaḥ || utpattiś caiva dānaṃ ca sarvo yasya ca hīyate |
वराह भगवान बोले, धरती, ध्यान से सुन। मैं बताता हूँ मधुपर्का कैसे शुरू हुआ। यह कहाँ से आया और इसका दान कैसे होता है। इससे सब कमी दूर हो जाती है।
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It introduces a Purāṇic etiology for a well-known ceremonial offering (madhuparka), reflecting how ritual practices are anchored in narrative authority within Sanskrit textual cultures.
No geographic site is specified; the address is to Bhūmi (Earth) as a personified interlocutor.
The verse frames attentive learning and the practice of giving (dāna) as value-bearing actions associated with the reduction of deficiencies or misfortune.
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