Varaha Purana 128.3: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 3
Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia
Uttara Bhāga · Kṣatriya-dīkṣā: permitted and prohibited ritual materials
तानि सर्वाणि चानीय एकं वर्ज्यं यशस्विनि॥ न दद्यत्कृष्णसारस्य चर्म तत्र कदाचन॥
tāni sarvāṇi cānīya ekaṃ varjyaṃ yaśasvini | na dadyāt kṛṣṇasārasya carma tatra kadācana ||
tAni sarvANi chAnIya ekaM varjyaM yashasvini || na dadyAtkRRiShNasArasya charma tatra kadAchana
“Setelah membawa semua perkara itu, wahai yang termasyhur, dengan satu pengecualian: jangan sekali-kali di sana memberikan atau menggunakan kulit kṛṣṇasāra (kijang hitam).”
Sandhi Notes
- cānīya = ca + ānīya
- na dadyāt: prohibitive with optative
- kṛṣṇasārasya treated as simple stem kṛṣṇasāra (blackbuck)
Varāha
Attentive, noting prohibitions
Which ritual materials are permitted, and which are prohibited—specifically, why must kṛṣṇasāra (blackbuck) hide never be given/used in this rite?
Dharma includes knowing exceptions and boundaries.
When performing saṃskāras/initiations, follow the text’s material prescriptions precisely; if uncertain, prioritize non-harmful, widely permitted substitutes.
Varāha gives Bhūmi a specific normative restriction within ritual procurement: bring all items except one—never provide/use blackbuck hide.
In the specified dīkṣā/ritual context, do not give or employ kṛṣṇasāra (blackbuck) hide; procure all other required items with this exception.
Observing the prohibition preserves ritual purity and avoids demerit associated with forbidden/inauspicious materials; violating it risks ritual fault (doṣa) and loss of intended fruit.
128.4.0 (permitted hides and prohibited wood)
FAQs
It preserves a rule-based ritual economy of materials, relevant to the history of Dharma/ritual prescriptions and their local implementations.
No geographic site is named; the restriction is contextual (“tatra”—in that rite/setting).
It emphasizes restraint and rule-governed selection of ritual materials, indicating that not all culturally available items are ritually acceptable in this context.
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