Varaha Purana 155.39 — Adhyaya 155, Shloka 39
The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha
तेषां पापेन लिप्येऽहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः ॥ ब्रह्मघ्ने च सुरापे च चोरे भग्नव्रते शठे ॥
teṣāṃ pāpena lipye’haṃ yady ahaṃ nāgame punaḥ || brahmaghne ca surāpe ca caure bhagnavrate śaṭhe ||
「もし私が再び戻らぬなら、彼らの罪によって我は汚されよう――すなわち、バラモン殺し、酒に溺れる者、盗人、誓戒を破る者、そして欺く者の罪によって。」
Sudhana (implied continuation of oath-formula; speaker not explicitly marked here)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"None","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":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"The oath intensifies by invoking mahāpātaka-type sins (brahmahatyā, surāpāna, steya, vratabhaṅga, śāṭhya) as the penalty for breaking one’s pledged return.","karmic_consequence":"Breach of promise is rhetorically equated with falling into the moral category and fate of grave sinners; keeping the promise preserves purity and trustworthiness."}
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":"Moral taxonomy and accountability","core_concept":"Adharma is gradated; naming paradigmatic transgressions heightens conscience and binds intention (saṅkalpa) to action.","practical_application":"Use moral exemplars (what counts as ‘grave’) to calibrate one’s choices; treat vow-breaking and deceit as spiritually corrosive, not merely social faults."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Dharma-śāstra motifs","Catalogue of grave transgressions"]
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 155.42 (oath begins); Varāha Purāṇa 155.44 (fate clause; narrative turn)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Sudhana’s oath becomes more severe as he names archetypal sinners; the atmosphere darkens, as if the very words summon images of transgression and its doom.","item_prompts":["Sudhana speaking with intensity","five symbolic silhouettes: brahma-ghna, surāpa, thief, vow-breaker, deceiver","darkened aura or smoke-like motifs around the named sins","a weighing-scale motif to suggest moral accounting"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dramatic facial expression, deep reds; behind Sudhana, stylized shadow-figures representing the five sins; strong contouring and ritual symbolism.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-backed central figure; embossed icons for the five sins in a border; high contrast between luminous gold and dark sin-symbols.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined, narrative clarity; subtle allegorical figures behind Sudhana; emphasis on expression and gesture rather than horror.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: miniature-style moral tableau—Sudhana foreground, five small vignettes in the background; cool, crisp lines with narrative labels implied."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Grave, admonitory","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"low, weighty, warning-like"}
FAQs
It aligns with broader Indic ethical taxonomies of major transgressions, providing comparative material with Dharmaśāstra lists and other Purāṇas.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse.
It underscores accountability by invoking well-known categories of serious wrongdoing as benchmarks of moral consequence.
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