Varaha Purana 182.30 — Adhyaya 182, Shloka 30
Installation of a Stone Image
Ritual Procedure for Consecration
रोगा विनश्यन्तु च सर्वतश्च कृषीवलानां च कृषिः सदा स्यात् ॥ सुभिक्षयुक्ताश्च सदा हि लोकाः काले सुवृष्टिर्भविता च शान्तिः ॥
rogā vinaśyantu ca sarvataś ca kṛṣīvalānāṁ ca kṛṣiḥ sadā syāt || subhikṣayuktāś ca sadā hi lokāḥ kāle suvṛṣṭir bhavitā ca śāntiḥ ||
ຂໍໃຫ້ໂລກພະຍາດທັງຫຼາຍພິນາດໄປທຸກທິດ; ແລະຂໍໃຫ້ການກະສິກຳຂອງຊາວນາເຈຣິນຮຸ່ງເຮືອງເສມອ. ຂໍໃຫ້ປະຊາຊົນມີສະບຽງອາຫານດີອຸດົມສົມບູນເປັນນິດ; ຂໍໃຫ້ຝົນດີຕົກຕ້ອງຕາມການ—ແລະຂໍໃຫ້ມີສັນຕິ.
Varāha (default, mantra continuation)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"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":"rajaniti","instruction_summary":"Pray for eradication of disease, prosperity of agriculture, abundance of food, timely rains, and peace as core aims of public welfare rites.","karmic_consequence":"When rulers and communities uphold dharma and śānti rites, prosperity and health are supported; adharma correlates with roga, drought, and scarcity."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"As Earth-sustainer, Varāha’s cosmic function is echoed in prayers for rain, crops, and health—macrocosmic ‘earth-rescue’ becomes ongoing ecological maintenance.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Timely rain and abundance are classic yajña-fruits; the mantra frames society’s well-being as the outcome of harmonized ritual order (ṛta).","vedantic_connection":"Interdependence: human conduct/intent (dharma, śānti) conditions the mind and community, which in turn shapes how one experiences the world’s ‘order’ as supportive rather than hostile."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ecological dharma","core_concept":"Peace is not abstract: it includes health systems, food security, and climate regularity (kāla-suvṛṣṭi).","practical_application":"Frame worship with concrete welfare intentions—support farmers, protect cattle, maintain cleanliness and public health, and cultivate non-violence that stabilizes community life."}
Subject Matter: ["Ecology","Agriculture","Public Health","Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Type: agrarian landscape (fields, villages, rāṣṭra)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 182.33 (śānti-japa for social groups)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A blessing scene expanding into nature: healthy people, thriving fields, full granaries, gentle monsoon clouds releasing timely rain, and a calm village at peace.","item_prompts":["green fields","plough and oxen","granary pots","rain clouds with soft showers","healers/healthy families","temple flag or shrine in distance"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: stylized landscape with rhythmic cloud bands, lush paddy fields, villagers and cattle, auspicious temple lamp motif tying nature to ritual.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central deity blessing; below, embossed gold accents on clouds and harvest motifs, rich reds/greens, prosperity symbols (pūrṇa-kumbha).","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: detailed agrarian panorama, soft rain, serene faces; balanced depiction of village prosperity and ritual sanctity.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical hills and fields, delicate rain lines, narrative villagers harvesting; bright palette and decorative borders."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"uplifting, prayerful","suggested_raga":"Megh","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"open, sonorous"}
FAQs
It provides a compact welfare-program formula—health, agrarian success, food security, and seasonal rains—useful for studying Purāṇic environmental imagination and agrarian priorities.
No specific location is mentioned; the verse is a general benediction oriented to ecological and social stability.
Collective well-being as a guiding value: the text foregrounds health, sustainable agriculture, and timely rainfall as conditions for societal peace.
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