Varaha Purana 55.6 — Adhyaya 55, Shloka 6
Observance of the Auspicious Dvādaśī Vow and the Sacred Account of the Kubjākāmra Tīrtha
श्रावणादिषु मासेषु तद्वच्छालिं प्रदापयेत् । त्रिषु मासेषु यावच्च कार्त्तिकस्यादिरागतः ॥ ५५.६ ॥
śrāvaṇādiṣu māseṣu tadvacchāliṃ pradāpayet | triṣu māseṣu yāvac ca kārttikasyādir āgataḥ || 55.6 ||
ಶ್ರಾವಣಾದಿ ಮಾಸಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಅಕ್ಕಿಯನ್ನು ದಾನವಾಗಿ ಕೊಡಿಸಬೇಕು. ಕಾರ್ತ್ತಿಕ ಮಾಸದ ಆರಂಭ ಬರುವವರೆಗೆ ಮೂರು ತಿಂಗಳು ಹೀಗೆ ಮುಂದುವರಿಸಬೇಕು.
Varāha (default, per dialogue framework)
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":"instructor","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":"dana","instruction_summary":"From Śrāvaṇa onward, give rice as charity in the prescribed manner for three months, up to the start of Kārttika.","karmic_consequence":"Regular anna-dāna across the rainy-to-autumn transition accrues puṇya, supports social/ritual economy, and is framed as a merit-multiplier season; neglect implies loss of seasonal merit and missed opportunity for purification."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Śrāvaṇa–Āśvina anna-dāna (rice-gift) observance culminating by Kārttika","tithi_month":"Śrāvaṇa through Āśvina (three months), concluding at Kārttika-ādi","promised_fruit":"Sustained merit (puṇya), prosperity through food-abundance symbolism, and purification through feeding/charity."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-yoga / dāna-dharma","core_concept":"Sustained, time-bound giving transforms household resources into dharma and stabilizes society.","practical_application":"Set a three-month schedule of rice charity (daily/periodic as per capacity), aligning giving with the liturgical calendar."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Economy","Cultural Heritage"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: dāna-vīra
Type: None
Related Themes: 55.55.7-10 (continuation: worship, saṅkalpa, installation, offering details)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A donor household in monsoon months measuring out rice for charity, with a calendar-like progression toward Kārttika.","item_prompts":["heaped rice in a bronze measure","donor with water-pot (arghya)","recipient/brāhmaṇa or poor person","month markers: Śrāvaṇa, Bhādrapada, Āśvina, Kārttika"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Temple-courtyard charity scene; flat warm palette, stylized figures, rice measure prominent, subtle month-inscriptions on palm-leaf calendar.","tanjore_prompt":"Gold-leaf haloed donor figure offering a rice vessel; ornate borders; Kārttika lamp motif faintly in background.","mysore_prompt":"Refined courtly donor scene with delicate shading; rice grains detailed; seasonal rain clouds transitioning to clear autumn sky.","pahari_prompt":"Himalayan miniature: intimate village charity with lush monsoon greens fading to autumn ochres; small captioned month cartouches."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic and steady","suggested_raga":"Śrī (or a calm evening raga such as Yaman)","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, instructional, gently emphatic on month-names"}
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic template for calendrical discipline—linking ethical giving (dāna) to the ritual year—illustrating how food-grain donations were integrated into social and seasonal practice.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is framed as a time-based instruction tied to the lunar months Śrāvaṇa through the start of Kārttika.
To sustain charitable giving—specifically the donation of rice—across a defined seasonal period, emphasizing continuity and regularity in ethical practice.
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