Varaha Purana 42.12: Adhyaya 42, Shloka 12
Ritual Procedure for the Phālguna Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Narasiṃha Worship, with the Narrative of King Vatsa
तस्य व्रतान्ते भगवान्नारसिंहस्तुतोष ह । चक्रं प्रादाच्च शत्रूणां विध्वंसनकरं परम् ॥ ४२.१२ ॥
tasya vratānte bhagavān nārasiṁhas tutoṣa ha | cakraṁ prādāc ca śatrūṇāṁ vidhvaṁsanakaraṁ param || 42.12 ||
അവന്റെ വ്രതാന്ത്യത്തിൽ ഭഗവാൻ നരസിംഹൻ പ്രസന്നനായി; ശത്രുനാശത്തിന് അത്യന്തം ശേഷിയുള്ള പരമ ചക്രം അവനു ദാനം ചെയ്തു.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"dana","instruction_summary":"Completion of a properly observed vow invites divine grace; boons may manifest as protective power granted for dharmic restoration.","karmic_consequence":"Vrata-completion yields siddhi/protection; failure to complete or misuse of boon for adharma risks loss of merit (implied normative frame)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Dvādaśī-vrata (culminating fruit described)","tithi_month":"Dvādaśī tithi; month not specified","promised_fruit":"Bhagavān Narasiṃha’s satisfaction and gift of a cakra that destroys enemies (protection and victory)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"bhakti-karmasamuccaya (devotion + disciplined action)","core_concept":"Divine grace responds to sincere, rule-bound observance; power is bestowed to re-establish dharma, not mere personal vengeance.","practical_application":"Undertake vows with a dharmic aim; treat any gained power/resources as instruments for protection and order."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Kingship and Protection","Ritual Practice (Vrata)"]
Primary Rasa: वीर
Secondary Rasa: अद्भुत
Type: ritual culmination scene
Related Themes: 42.42.13 (use of the weapon to regain kingdom; later sacrifices; Viṣṇuloka)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"At the vow’s end, Narasiṃha manifests, pleased, and bestows a radiant cakra upon the king as a supreme enemy-destroying weapon.","item_prompts":["Narasiṃha form (lion-man) with fierce yet benevolent expression","glowing discus (cakra) hovering or placed in king’s hands","aura/tejas around deity","king in reverent posture","ritual altar remnants indicating vrata completion"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Narasiṃha central with dramatic eyes, stylized mane, strong reds/ochres, cakra as bright mandala-disc, king small and reverent.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: heavy gold-leaf on Narasiṃha’s ornaments and the cakra, embossed halo, rich jewel tones, formal frontal deity composition.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant Narasiṃha with controlled ferocity, luminous cakra with fine detailing, soft chiaroscuro around the epiphany.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: dynamic yet lyrical Narasiṃha, swirling aura lines, delicate landscape, cakra rendered as radiant sun-disc."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"triumphant, awe-filled","suggested_raga":"Darbari Kanada (majestic gravity)","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"resonant, elevated, with emphasis on ‘tutoṣa’ and ‘cakraṃ prādāt’"}
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which disciplined observance (vrata) culminates in a tangible ‘phala’ (result), here framed as divine approval and the granting of a protective instrument, illustrating the text’s didactic linkage between ethics/discipline and social protection.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is focused on the conclusion of a vow and the granting of a weapon (cakra).
The verse emphasizes the philosophical instruction that sustained discipline and completion of a vowed practice (vrata) is presented as a cause for ‘satisfaction’ (tuṣṭi) and the conferral of capacities associated with protection and order.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Varaha Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.