Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 14
Origin of Suvrata
Boon, Sacred Ford, and the Birth Narrative
अमरकंटके विप्रो दानं पुण्यं करोति सः । गते बहुतरे काले तस्य वै सोमशर्मणः
amarakaṃṭake vipro dānaṃ puṇyaṃ karoti saḥ | gate bahutare kāle tasya vai somaśarmaṇaḥ
Di Amarakantaka, sang brahmana itu melakukan dana yang berpahala dan kebajikan. Setelah waktu yang sangat lama berlalu, mengenai Somaśarmā itu...
Unspecified narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; commonly framed within Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue in Bhūmi-khaṇḍa)
Concept: Dāna performed in a sacred place and sustained over time matures into lasting puṇya; spiritual results may unfold after ‘bahutara kāla’ (long duration).
Application: Give regularly (time, food, money, knowledge), and don’t demand immediate results; let dharma be long-term, especially when done in sacred contexts or with sacred intention.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: mountain
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"On the wooded plateau of Amarakantaka, Somaśarmā offers charity to ascetics and travelers near a simple stone altar. Mist curls around ancient trees; distant hills suggest the river-source sanctity, while recipients bless him with raised palms.","primary_figures":["Somaśarmā (brāhmaṇa donor)","forest ascetics","travelers/poor recipients"],"setting":"Amarkantaka forested mountain tīrtha with a small shrine, stone platform, and water-source symbolism (spring/stream)","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["pine green","smoky grey","earth brown","saffron cloth-orange","white ash"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: Somaśarmā performing dāna at Amarakantaka, ascetics seated on a platform, a small shrine with gold-leaf arch; rich reds and greens, gold leaf on ornaments and shrine, stylized trees, auspicious borders with lotus and conch motifs.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: misty Amarakantaka hills, delicate trees, Somaśarmā offering coins/food to sādhus; cool greens and greys, refined faces, lyrical landscape with a thin stream indicating sacred headwaters.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, Somaśarmā in frontal pose offering dāna, ascetics with kamaṇḍalu, stylized mountain and forest patterns; red-yellow-green palette, temple-wall composition with decorative creepers.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central donor figure with symmetrical recipients, ornate floral borders, conch and lotus motifs; deep blue-green background, gold highlights, devotional geometry suggesting tīrtha potency."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Bhupali","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["rustling leaves","distant stream","soft bell at shrine","murmured blessings","wind over plateau"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: अमरकंटके → अमरकण्टके (अनुस्वार/णत्व-लेखनभेद); गते ... काले इति सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) प्रयोगः.
FAQs
It highlights Amarakantaka as a recognized tīrtha where religious merit (puṇya) is accrued through acts like charity.
Indirectly: it foregrounds devotional piety through dāna (charitable giving) at a sacred place, a common Purāṇic expression of lived devotion.
Sustained generosity and virtuous conduct—especially in sacred contexts—are presented as spiritually consequential, setting up a longer narrative about Somaśarman’s outcomes.