Varaha Purana 112.64 — Adhyaya 112, Shloka 64
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
तस्यापि शिष्यॊ भविता नाम्ना वै रोमहार्षणिः ॥ असौ शुनकपुत्राय कथयिष्यति नान्यथा
tasyāpi śiṣyo bhavitā nāmnā vai romaharṣaṇiḥ || asau śunakaputrāya kathayiṣyati nānyathā
त्याचाही एक शिष्य होईल, नाव रोमहार्षणि. तो शौनकाच्या पुत्राला हे यथावत सांगेल; अन्यथा नाही.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious","key_question":"Who will preserve and transmit this narration after the primary teacher—what is the next link in the chain?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"authority of transmission","core_concept":"Purāṇic truth is safeguarded by a fixed, reliable chain of narrators (Vyāsa → Romaharṣaṇi/Sūta → Śaunaka’s line).","practical_application":"Value faithful repetition (yathā-śrutam) in teaching; preserve texts through disciplined memorization and communal recitation."}
Subject Matter: ["Oral Transmission","Lineage of Narrators","Purāṇic Historiography"]
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: forest-āraṇya (implied narrative setting)
Related Themes: Varaha Purana 112.72 (prelude to lineage); Varaha Purana 112.74-76 (canon enumeration following lineage)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha declares the next narrator: Romaharṣaṇi, who will recount the tradition to Śunaka’s son, emphasizing an unbroken, exact transmission.","item_prompts":["Varāha gesturing as if naming successors","a figure labeled Romaharṣaṇi/Sūta holding a recitation staff or manuscript","Śaunaka’s son (Ugraśravas/Sauti context) seated among listeners","assembly of sages in a sacrificial grove","visual motif of a chain/garland symbolizing paramparā"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: narrative band showing Varāha speaking; to one side Sūta (Romaharṣaṇi) in traditional attire; sages seated in semicircle; rich reds/ochres; emphasis on expressive eyes and hand mudrās of narration.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with gold halo; smaller inset medallions for Romaharṣaṇi and Śaunaka’s assembly; gold-leaf on ornaments and borders; inscription-like labels for names.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined courtly composition; Sūta as storyteller with veena/tāla cues nearby; sages attentive; subdued elegance and clarity of faces.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: hillside-forest āśrama; storyteller figure (Sūta) in foreground; Varāha as divine source in a cloud/vision above; delicate detailing of listeners and ritual implements."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"formal, lineage-proclaiming","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"authoritative, slightly emphatic on proper names and the phrase ‘na anyathā’"}
FAQs
It preserves a named chain of transmitters, mirroring the Purāṇic convention of anchoring texts in authoritative recitation lineages.
No location is stated; the verse is concerned with persons and transmission.
It emphasizes fidelity in transmission (“not otherwise”), highlighting careful preservation of inherited knowledge.
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