Varaha Purana 170.14 — Adhyaya 170, Shloka 14
The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship
including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics
भविष्यति युवां पुत्रो रूपवान् गुणसंयुतः ॥ सस्यसन्ततिवद्दृश्यः सन्तानो यस्य वै बहु ॥
bhaviṣyati yuvāṃ putro rūpavān guṇasaṃyutaḥ || sasyasantativad dṛśyaḥ santāno yasya vai bahu ||
Kalian berdua akan memperoleh seorang putra—tampan dan berhias kebajikan; dan keturunannya akan tampak berlimpah, laksana silih-bergantinya panen tanaman pangan.
Umāpati (Śiva) (inferred from previous verse naming the speaker)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"What boon will be granted for the long observance—specifically regarding progeny and lineage?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Putra-prāpti boon (result of putra-hetu anusthāna)","tithi_month":"Result after ten-year observance (per 170.14)","promised_fruit":"Birth of a virtuous, handsome son and abundant lineage likened to continuous crops (sasyasantati)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Ethics of progeny and continuity","core_concept":"True ‘santāna’ is not mere birth but guṇa-sampad (virtue) and flourishing continuity, metaphorized as agricultural abundance.","practical_application":"Seek outcomes through dharmic means and value character (guṇa) as the highest blessing in family continuity."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: Sacred encounter space (tīrtha/temple implied)
Related Themes: 170.14.0 (Śiva pleased and speaks)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Śiva (Umāpati) bestows a clear boon: a radiant son and a flourishing lineage, conveyed with a blessing gesture and serene authority.","item_prompts":["Śiva with blessing hand (varada-mudrā)","devotee couple in añjali","symbolic sheaves of grain/crops to visualize ‘sasyasantati’","haloed divine presence"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Śiva central with varada gesture, devotees below; include stylized grain motifs in border to echo the simile.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-leaf aura, ornate throne/arch for Śiva, couple at feet; embossed grain/sheaf motif as auspicious filler.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined Śiva icon, gentle varada, detailed textiles; subtle background with fields or grain emblem.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate boon scene with lyrical fields in distance, soft colors, expressive faces showing gratitude."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Benedictive, triumphant-calm","suggested_raga":"Hamsadhvani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, authoritative, gracious"}
FAQs
The verse uses a recognizable boon-formula and an agrarian metaphor, reflecting the social centrality of fertility, lineage, and agricultural abundance in Purāṇic cultural imagination.
No location is named in this verse; it continues the boon narrative connected to the earlier tīrtha setting.
Virtue (guṇa) is presented as a valued attribute alongside prosperity, suggesting an ideal of ethical excellence accompanying good fortune.
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