Varaha Purana 198.7: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 7
Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration
तस्य प्रीतिकरं सद्यः सर्वदोषविनाशनम् ॥ कामदं च यशोदं च दैवतैश्चापि पूजितम् ॥
tasya prītikaraṃ sadyaḥ sarva-doṣa-vināśanam | kāmadaṃ ca yaśodaṃ ca daivataiś cāpi pūjitam ||
ആ സ്തോത്രം/കർമ്മം അവനെ ഉടൻ പ്രസന്നനാക്കുന്നു, എല്ലാ ദോഷങ്ങളും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു, അഭിലഷിതഫലവും യശസ്സും നൽകുന്നു; ദേവന്മാരാലും പൂജിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicitly marked in verse)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"shraddha","instruction_summary":"A properly performed stotra/act in the prescribed ritual setting pleases the deity and functions as sarva-doṣa-nāśana, granting iṣṭa and yaśas.","karmic_consequence":"Observance yields purification of faults and attainment of desired ends and fame; neglect/incorrect performance implies loss of these fruits and persistence of doṣa."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-phala (ritual efficacy)","core_concept":"Rightly directed stotra/karma produces immediate prasāda and doṣa-kṣaya, showing a moral-causal order upheld by divine beings.","practical_application":"Undertake recitation/ritual with correctness (vidhi), faith, and intention aligned to dharma to obtain purification and auspicious outcomes."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Culture"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: śraddhā-bhakti
Type: ritual-site
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 198.8–12 (Yama-stotra context)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as narrator/instructor describing the fruit of a hymn/rite: divine satisfaction, destruction of faults, and bestowal of aims and fame, with devas honoring the act.","item_prompts":["Varāha teaching posture","open palm indicating ‘phala’ (fruit)","scroll/leaf manuscript representing stotra","radiant aura labeled ‘yaśas’","small deva figures offering flowers","subtle smoke of ritual fire (optional)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: seated Varāha as guru, warm ochres/greens, devas in the upper register offering flowers, palm-leaf manuscript, calm śānta mood.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central instructor figure with ornate arch, gold-leaf halo, miniature devas with offerings, manuscript and ritual symbols, emphasis on ‘prasāda’ and ‘yaśas’.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: refined linework, gentle shading, Varāha instructing with manuscript, subdued devas, minimal background, devotional serenity.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: hillside-court palette, Varāha as sage-like teacher, small celestial attendants, emphasis on narrative caption of doṣa-nāśana and yaśa."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"assuring, merit-proclaiming","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, didactic, gently emphatic on phala-śruti terms"}
FAQs
It documents Purāṇic valuation of stotra/ritual speech as efficacious, using standard descriptors (fault-destroying, wish-granting) that align with medieval Sanskrit devotional and ritual registers.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
The text frames praise/ritual as a means to moral purification (removal of doṣa) and socially recognized merit (yaśas).
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