Varaha Purana 172.44 — Adhyaya 172, Shloka 44
The Harm of Destroying a Grove and the Merit of Tree-Planting as Pūrta-Dharma
यदि तत्र गतश्चाहं पितृराज्ञोस्तु सन्निधौ ॥ इमामापदमापन्ना यूयं तद्वै निवेदये ॥
yadi tatra gataś cāhaṃ pitṛrājños tu sannidhau || imām āpadam āpannā yūyaṃ tad vai nivedaye ||
“Jika aku pergi ke sana, menghadap Raja para Pitṛ, niscaya akan kusampaikan kepadanya bahwa kalian telah jatuh ke dalam malapetaka ini.”
Gokarṇa
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":"observer","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"Acknowledges Pitṛrāja (Yama) as an authority to whom calamities and moral crises may be reported—implying a governed afterlife order.","karmic_consequence":"Affirms accountability: actions and misfortunes are not outside cosmic administration; reporting implies seeking rectification/justice within dharmic order."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karmic governance and moral accountability","core_concept":"The cosmos is administratively ordered; suffering/calamity is intelligible within dharma and karma, overseen by Pitṛrāja.","practical_application":"Act with accountability; when facing injustice or crisis, seek lawful/dharmic channels of redress rather than despair."}
Subject Matter: ["Afterlife administration (Yama/Pitṛrāja)","Petition/reporting motif","Crisis narrative"]
Primary Rasa: bhayānaka
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: Otherworldly court/administrative realm
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 172.46–47 (identity and setting)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Gokarṇa speaks of going to the King of the Pitṛs and reporting the group’s calamity—an imagined journey to Yama’s court.","item_prompts":["shadowed vision of Yama’s court in the background","scroll/report gesture (hand raised as if to testify)","contrast between earthly group and otherworldly throne","symbols of judgment (staff/noose implied)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: split-scene—foreground speaker; background stylized Yama on a throne with attendants; deep reds/browns; controlled drama.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: iconic Yama court vignette with gold accents on throne and ornaments; speaker in foreground offering a ‘report’.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant, less fearsome Yama-loka suggestion; emphasis on narrative clarity and dignified posture.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: dreamlike otherworldly court in pale washes behind the speaker; delicate linework for throne and attendants."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"grave, juridical","suggested_raga":"Darbārī Kānaḍā","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"low, weighty"}
FAQs
It reflects the well-attested Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra imagination of Yama (Pitṛrāja) as an authority figure, and the narrative practice of petitioning higher powers during संकट (calamity).
No new earthly location is named here; the verse invokes the mythic-juridical domain of Pitṛrāja (Yama).
It emphasizes accountability: misfortune is not merely endured but communicated responsibly to appropriate authorities within the story’s moral universe.
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