Varaha Purana 99.35: Adhyaya 99, Shloka 35
The Greatness and Rite of the Sesame-Cow (Tiladhenu) Gift
Pūrva Bhāga · Ritual Procedures (Snāna) for Pacification and Purification
शान्तये वारुणेनाशु पापनाशाय वायवे ॥ द्रव्यसम्पत्तिकामस्य कौबेरेण विधीयते ॥
śāntaye vāruṇenāśu pāpanāśāya vāyave || dravyasampattikāmasya kaubereṇa vidhīyate ||
shAntaye vAruNenAshu pApanAshAya vAyave || dravyasampattikAmasya kaubereNa vidhIyate
शांति के लिए वरुण के घरे से जल्दी नहाया जाता है। पाप मिटाने के लिए वायु के घरे से नहाते हैं। पैसा और दौलत के लिए कुबेर के घरे का विधान है।
Sandhi Notes
- वारुणेनाशु = वारुणेन + आशु
- पापनाशाय (समास)
- द्रव्यसम्पत्तिकामस्य (समास)।
Varāha
Different human aims (śānti, śuddhi, artha) are pursued through distinct but ordered ritual alignments with cosmic powers.
Seek peace first (śānti), then cleanse wrongdoing (pāpa-nāśa), and only then pursue wealth (artha) under dharmic restraint.
Varuṇa (waters/order), Vāyu (prāṇa/motion), and Kubera (resources) represent three stabilizers of embodied life; bathing ritually ‘tunes’ the practitioner’s inner waters, breath, and prosperity-field to ṛta.
Waters (Varuṇa) as consecratory soma-like medium; Vāyu as the carrier of offerings/prāṇa that ‘dries’ and purges impurity; Kubera as the guardian of stored yajña-fruit (puṇya/śrī).
Prosperity and purification are treated as secondary fruits; the deeper aim is steadiness of mind through śānti and pāpa-śuddhi, enabling higher knowledge.
Perform snāpana with Varuṇa for śānti (pacification), with Vāyu for pāpa-nāśa (destruction of sin), and with Kubera for those desiring wealth/resources.
Correctly targeted purification supports peace, moral cleansing, and prosperity; misaligned or impure performance yields diminished fruit and continued agitation/pāpa.
Varāha Purāṇa 99.37, 99.39–42 (same snāpana/lokapāla sequence)
FAQs
It reflects a structured ritual economy where peace, moral purification, and prosperity are articulated as distinct aims with corresponding deity-linked procedures.
No named location is given; the verse uses directional-deity associations rather than terrestrial place references.
The prioritization of śānti (pacification) and pāpa-removal underscores self-regulation and moral repair as valued outcomes in the ritual framework.
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