Varaha Purana 113.59: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 59
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
Pūrva Bhāga · Stotra-Phala (Benefits of Recitation) / Textual Colophon-like Promise
य इदं पठते स्तोत्रं केशवस्य दृढव्रतः ॥ व्याधितो मुच्यते रोगाद्बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात् ॥
ya idaṃ paṭhate stotraṃ keśavasya dṛḍhavrataḥ || vyādhito mucyate rogād baddho mucyeta bandhanāt ||
ya idaM paThate stotraM keshavasya dRRiDhavrataH || vyAdhito muchyate rogAdbaddho muchyeta bandhanAt
Siapa pun yang teguh dalam laku tapa dan melafalkan stotra Keśava ini—bila sakit, terbebas dari penyakit; bila terbelenggu, dilepaskan dari belenggu.
Sandhi Notes
- रोगाद्बद्धो = रोगात् + बद्धः
Varāha
How does disciplined recitation of Keśava’s hymn transform suffering—disease and bondage—into freedom?
Steady vow and recitation channel divine grace into tangible liberation from suffering and constraints.
Adopt regular stotra recitation with niyama (discipline), especially during illness, imprisonment, or psychological bondage; pair with ethical living to stabilize the vow.
Indirect: Varāha, as instructor, declares the phala (benefit) of reciting Keśava’s stotra—compassionate provision of a remedy for suffering on Earth.
The cosmic rescuer becomes a therapeutic presence through sound (stotra): the avatāra’s power is accessible via śabda-bhakti, turning metaphysical truth into lived healing.
Implicit yajña logic: recitation functions like an offering; the ‘fruit’ mirrors yajña-phala—restoration of order in body (roga) and society/karma (bandhana).
Name and praise as upāya: mind purified by devotion; bondage is loosened as identification shifts from limited self to the Lord (Keśava) as refuge.
With firm observance (dṛḍha-vrata), recite Keśava’s stotra as a remedial discipline for affliction and bondage.
Observance yields relief from disease and release from bondage; neglect is not stated, but implied loss of the stated remedial fruit.
Freedom from illness (roga-mokṣa) and from bondage (bandhana-mokṣa).
Keśava is a Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu epithet; the verse supports later Kṛṣṇa-bhakti practice but gives no Mathurā marker.
Varāha Purāṇa 113.66 (extended fruits: progeny, wealth, marriage); Varāha Purāṇa 113.62-64 (the stotra’s theological basis: all-pervading Paramātman and Earth’s rescue)
FAQs
It is a standard Purāṇic stotra-phala statement, relevant for understanding how hymns circulated with promised outcomes, shaping devotional and manuscript transmission practices.
No geographic location is identified; the verse concerns practice and its stated results.
It emphasizes dṛḍhavrata—steadfast discipline—presenting consistent practice as the key condition for the hymn’s intended transformative effects.
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