Varaha Purana 110.1: Adhyaya 110, Shloka 1
The Glory and Procedure of the Grain-Cow (Dhānyadhenu) Donation
अथ धान्यधेनुदानमाहात्म्यम् ॥ होतोवाच ॥ शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि धान्यधेनुमनुत्तमाम् ॥ यस्याः सङ्कीर्तनादेव सा तुष्येत् पार्वती स्वयम्
atha dhānyadhenudānamāhātmyam || hotovāca || śṛṇu rājan pravakṣyāmi dhānyadhenuṃ anuttamām || yasyāḥ saṅkīrtanād eva sā tuṣyet pārvatī svayam
ഇപ്പോൾ ധാന്യധേനുദാനത്തിന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം. ഹോതൃ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ രാജാവേ, കേൾക്കുക; ഞാൻ അനുത്തമമായ ധാന്യധേനുവിനെ വിവരിക്കുന്നു; അതിന്റെ സംകീർത്തനം മാത്രം കൊണ്ടും പാർവതി സ്വയം പ്രസന്നയാകുന്നു.
Hotṛ (explicitly marked: hotovāca)
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It marks a new sub-unit (māhātmya) and preserves a liturgical narrative frame where a priestly speaker (Hotṛ) instructs a king, typical of Purāṇic didactic staging.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
To value recitation, instruction, and charitable gifting as culturally sanctioned means of cultivating disciplined conduct and social merit.
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