Varaha Purana 174.42: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 42
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
देवस्वं ब्राह्मणस्वं च गुरोर्द्रव्यं हरेत्तु यः ॥ कन्यां ददाति शुल्केन स च प्रेतोऽभिजायते ॥
devasvaṃ brāhmaṇasvaṃ ca guror dravyaṃ haret tu yaḥ || kanyāṃ dadāti śulkena sa ca preto 'bhijāyate
ദേവസ്വം, ബ്രാഹ്മണസ്വം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഗുരുവിന്റെ ദ്രവ്യം കവർന്നെടുക്കുന്നവനും, വില വാങ്ങി കന്യാദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവനും—അവനും പ്രേതയോനിയിൽ ജനിക്കുന്നു।
Vipra (continuation)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Stealing temple/Brahmin/guru property and commodifying marriage (kanyā-śulka) are grave adharma leading to preta-birth.","karmic_consequence":"Perpetrator is reborn as a preta (restless hungry ghost state)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-ethics","core_concept":"Misappropriation of sacred/educational trust and treating a daughter as merchandise corrupts dharma and yields preta-existence.","practical_application":"Maintain strict integrity with temple/guru assets; treat marriage as dharmic saṃskāra, not a sale."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Property norms (religious and pedagogical property)","Marriage transaction critique (text-internal)"]
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: normative/ethical discourse (general)
Related Themes: Varaha Purana 174.47-49, 174.51 (same preta-causes sequence)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A didactic scene where a learned Vipra warns about stealing from a temple, a Brahmin, or a guru, and condemns bride-price; shadowy preta consequence implied behind the offenders.","item_prompts":["Vipra teacher with palm-leaf manuscript","temple treasury or deity icon with offerings","guru’s household items/books","wedding scene with coins exchanged","faint preta silhouette (gaunt, hungry) in background"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: seated Vipra in white, temple lamp and sanctum motifs, restrained preta shadow, earthy reds/ochres, clear moral tableau.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: gold-leaf temple arch, deity icon with ornaments, coins emphasized near wedding, Vipra pointing in admonition, preta as subtle dark figure.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, soft shading, scholarly interior with manuscripts, moral gesture, understated supernatural hint.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: hillside ashram/temple vignette, narrative panels (theft, bride-price, consequence), expressive faces, muted palette."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"admonitory and grave","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"firm, judicial, warning"}
FAQs
It evidences moral protection of institutional property (deity/teacher) and critiques commodified marriage practices as represented within Purāṇic normative discourse.
No geographic location is specified.
Do not misappropriate protected property and do not treat marriage arrangements as monetary transactions (as framed by the text).
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