Varaha Purana 149.33: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 33
The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā
Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha-māhātmya (Sacred Geography and Ritual Merit)
असम्प्राप्ते च गृह्णन्ति एवमेतन्न संशयः ॥ पापकर्मरतस्यापि न गृह्णन्ति जलं प्रति ॥
asamprāpte ca gṛhṇanti evam etan na saṁśayaḥ || pāpakarmaratasya api na gṛhṇanti jalaṁ prati ||
asamprApte cha gRRihNanti evametanna saMshayaH || pApakarmaratasyApi na gRRihNanti jalaM prati
വിധിപൂർവം ലഭിച്ചാൽ മാത്രമേ അവർ സ്വീകരിക്കൂ—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല. എന്നാൽ പാപകർമ്മത്തിൽ രതനായവന്റെ ജലദാനവും അവർ സ്വീകരിക്കുകയില്ല.
Sandhi Notes
- evam etan → evam etat
- evametan na → evam etat na
- pāpakarmaratasya api → pāpa-karma-ratasya api
Varāha
Dharma is the prerequisite for ritual efficacy; purity of conduct and acquisition (śuddhi of means) governs acceptance.
Earn and procure śrāddha materials righteously, avoid habitual sin, and perform offerings with clean intent; otherwise refrain and first reform.
Ritual is ethically ‘wired’: the moral quality of the agent conditions the subtle reception—purity is the true ‘carrier’ of the offering.
Water (jala) as minimal offering still fails without dharma; acceptance is the unseen ‘devatā/pitṛ’ response that validates yajña.
Karma’s fruit depends on saṅkalpa and dharmic means; outer rite without inner/ethical purity is ineffective (alignment of antaḥkaraṇa with action).
Pitṛs accept offerings only when properly obtained/offered; for one intent on sin, they do not accept even water.
Properly acquired, dhārmic offerings yield acceptance and fruit; sinful livelihood/intent blocks śrāddha efficacy and deprives both offerer and ancestors.
Varāha Purāṇa 149.35 (piṇḍa offering instruction)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical framework in which ritual efficacy is tied to moral conduct, illustrating how tīrtha and śrāddha-style offerings were discussed within medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific location is named in this verse; it functions as a general ethical-ritual rule within a larger tīrtha-oriented chapter.
Ritual offerings are portrayed as ethically conditioned: persistent wrongdoing undermines the acceptance/effect of even minimal offerings such as water.
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