Varaha Purana 174.26: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 26
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
यच्छ्रुत्वा निन्दसे नित्यं भूयो भूयश्च नित्यशः ॥ श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषेण योषितां च समन्ततः
yacchrutvā nindase nityaṃ bhūyo bhūyaś ca nityaśaḥ || śleṣmamūtra-purīṣeṇa yoṣitāṃ ca samantataḥ
ഇതു കേട്ടിട്ട് നീ നിത്യവും നിന്ദിക്കുന്നു—വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും, തുടർച്ചയായി—എവിടെയും സ്ത്രീകളെ ശ്ലേഷ്മം, മൂത്രം, മലമെന്നിങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് ചിത്രീകരിക്കുന്നു.
Varāha (default dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"instruction_summary":"Condemns habitual nindā (disparaging speech), especially misogynistic reduction of women to bodily impurities; enjoins speech-restraint and respect.","karmic_consequence":"Persistent slander and contempt harden into pāpa, social disharmony, and adverse karmic results; restrained, respectful speech supports merit and inner purity."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"vāk-śuddhi / ahiṃsā in speech","core_concept":"Reducing persons to impure substances is a cognitive and verbal violence; purity is not achieved by contempt but by disciplined perception and speech.","practical_application":"Avoid nindā, especially gendered contempt; practice satya-hita-mita speech; cultivate respectful seeing (darśana) of embodied life."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Speech ethics","Social conduct"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: śānta (ethical correction)
Type: didactic court/assembly (implied)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 174.26-27 (compassion frame that this rebuke enforces)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha (as divine instructor) rebukes a speaker who repeatedly disparages women by naming bodily impurities; the scene centers on moral correction and restraint of speech.","item_prompts":["Varāha as authoritative teacher (non-combat)","raised hand in admonition (abhaya/śikṣā gesture)","a chastened listener with lowered head","symbolic motifs: lotus (purity) contrasted with impure imagery kept abstract"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, Varāha in dignified teaching stance, strong outlines, restrained palette, listener humbled; symbolic lotus motif to signal true purity.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore, Varāha enthroned as dharma-instructor with gold arch, admonishing gesture, listener at lower register, gold highlights on lotus and ornaments.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore, elegant Varāha figure with soft shading, calm but firm expression, refined setting, emphasis on gesture and moral authority.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari, hillside court-like scene, Varāha as teacher with gentle yet firm posture, delicate facial expressions showing rebuke and remorse, minimal symbolic lotus."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"firm, corrective","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"authoritative, controlled, admonishing"}
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic concern with regulated speech (vāṅ-niyama) and the social consequences of habitual disparagement, a theme common in Dharma-ethical discourse.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
To avoid persistent disparagement and degrading speech, presented here as a critique of repeatedly contemptuous talk.
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