Varaha Purana 173.13: Adhyaya 173, Shloka 13
Account of Gokarṇa’s Śuka-Satra, Temple Consecration, and the Resulting Merit
गोकर्णस्य तु सन्तानमक्षयं धर्मतोऽव्ययम्॥ सम्भूतं स सुखं भुक्त्वा ततो मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्॥
gokarṇasya tu santānam akṣayaṃ dharmato 'vyayam || sambhūtaṃ sa sukhaṃ bhuktvā tato mokṣam avāpnuyāt
ഗോകർണനു ഒരു വംശം ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു—അക്ഷയവും, ധർമ്മബലത്താൽ ക്ഷയമില്ലാത്തതും. അവൻ സുഖം അനുഭവിച്ച ശേഷം മോക്ഷം പ്രാപിക്കും.
Narrator (default framework: Varāha as instructor)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":true,"specific_site":"Gokarṇa (within the Mathurā-mahātmya listing)","parikrama_context":"Implied: Gokarṇa is one station in the kṣetra’s tīrtha-circuit; no explicit circumambulation instruction.","krishna_connection":"Indirect only: Mathurā-kṣetra frame; no Kṛṣṇa reference in this verse."}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"karmic_consequence":"Dharma-grounded lineage and righteous enjoyment culminate in mokṣa—presented as a normative karmic arc."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Purushārtha integration","core_concept":"Dharma sustains artha/kāma without depletion (‘avyaya’), and when matured, leads to mokṣa.","practical_application":"Pursue household life and prosperity under dharma; orient enjoyment toward gratitude and restraint, keeping liberation as the final telos."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Philosophy","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Śṛṅgāra
Type: Tīrtha / sacred site marker
Related Themes: Builds on the Gokarṇa mention in 173.13; anticipates further saṅgama potency teaching in 174.1
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A serene depiction of Gokarṇa’s dharmic lineage flourishing—family continuity blessed by dharma—culminating in a symbolic ascent toward mokṣa.","item_prompts":["family lineage motif (generational figures)","dharma symbols (śāstra, yajñopavīta, lamp)","tīrtha backdrop (shrine/riverbank)","subtle mokṣa symbol (light/lotus/ascending path)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dignified household figures with temple/river backdrop; warm lamp-glow signifying ‘avyaya dharma’; final panel of luminous liberation.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-leaf halos for blessed lineage; ornate framing; mokṣa shown as radiant lotus-disc above.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined domestic scene with gentle expressions; soft spiritual light indicating akṣaya merit.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate family vignette in a landscape with a small shrine; airy depiction of liberation as distant light."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Calm, assuring, soteriological","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"Slow","voice_tone":"Steady and contemplative, with a soft cadence on 'mokṣamavāpnu yāt'"}
FAQs
It illustrates a Purāṇic linkage between social continuity (santāna), dharmic merit (akṣaya/avyaya), and the ultimate goal (mokṣa).
No new location is named here; it continues the Gokarṇa/saṅgama context of the preceding verses.
Dharma is presented as generating enduring outcomes—both worldly well-being (sukha) and the possibility of liberation (mokṣa).
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