Varaha Purana 170.45 — Adhyaya 170, Shloka 45
The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship
including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics
तेनोक्तं भो इहागच्छ आतिथ्यं करवाणि ते ॥ पाद्यं गृहाण भोः पान्थ आसनं ते इदं शुभम् ॥
tenoktaṁ bho ihāgaccha ātithyaṁ karavāṇi te || pādyaṁ gṛhāṇa bhoḥ pāntha āsanaṁ te idaṁ śubham
തത്ത പറയുകയുണ്ടായി—“മഹാശയാ, ഇവിടെ വരിക; ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളെ അതിഥ്യത്തോടെ സ്വീകരിക്കും. ഹേ പഥികാ, പാദ്യം (പാദം കഴുകാനുള്ള ജലം) സ്വീകരിക്കൂ; ഇതാ നിങ്ങളുടെ ശുഭാസനം.”
Śuka (the parrot, as speaking character in the narrative)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":true,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"Hospitality to pilgrims/travelers is framed as part of sacred-site culture; no explicit parikrama named.","krishna_connection":"Implicit Vaiṣṇava ethos (guest treated as Viṣṇu), but no direct Kṛṣṇa-līlā reference."}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"A householder should receive an atithi with pādya (water for feet) and offer an āsana (seat) as basic hospitality.","karmic_consequence":"Merit accrues through honoring the atithi; neglect implies adharma (consequences detailed in later verses)."}
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":"dharma-ethics","core_concept":"Atithi-sevā as a concrete expression of dharma and Vaiṣṇava reverence.","practical_application":"Offer immediate, simple honors—water for washing feet and a clean seat—before any other engagement."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 170.51-54 (continuation on atithi-pūjā and consequences)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A speaking parrot (Śuka) courteously invites a weary traveler, offering foot-water and indicating an auspicious seat in a hermitage/house setting.","item_prompts":["green parrot perched near doorway","traveler with staff/waterpot","pādya vessel (water bowl)","simple āsana (mat/wooden seat)","gesture of invitation","threshold/house courtyard"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized Śuka-parrot with expressive eyes, warm earthy courtyard, ritual vessel for pādya, calm devotional ambience.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: ornate seat highlighted, bright textiles, gold accents on vessel and doorway motifs, parrot rendered jewel-like.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, soft shading, refined domestic interior, parrot and guest in poised, ethical tableau.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: hillside-ashram courtyard, lyrical composition, parrot on branch, traveler welcomed with simple mat and water bowl."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic-courteous","suggested_raga":"Śrī","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"warm, invitational, clear diction"}
FAQs
It preserves a classic hospitality protocol (pādya, āsana) central to Dharmaśāstra and narrative literature, showing how etiquette is dramatized in storytelling.
No named locale; the scene occurs at the previously described mountain/ravine setting.
Respectful reception of a guest—offering foot-water and a seat as basic components of atithi-satkāra.
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