Varaha Purana 160.74 — Adhyaya 160, Shloka 74
The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
ब्रह्मघ्नश्च सुरापश्च चौराऽ भङ्गव्रताश्च ये ॥ अगम्यागमने शीलाः क्षेत्रदारापहारकाः ॥
brahmaghnaś ca surāpaś ca caurā bhagnavratāś ca ye || agamyāgamane śīlāḥ kṣetradārāpahārakāḥ ||
Bahkan mereka yang membunuh brāhmaṇa, peminum arak, pencuri, pemecah nazar—yang terbiasa dengan hubungan terlarang, serta perampas tanah ladang dan isteri orang—
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Enumerates mahāpātaka and grave social sins as the class of offenders under discussion (brahmahatyā, surāpāna, steya, vratabhaṅga, agamya-gamana, kṣetra-dāra-apahāra).","karmic_consequence":"Such acts ordinarily lead to severe demerit and hellish/low rebirth; in the surrounding tīrtha-context they are presented as candidates for purification through pilgrimage and devotion."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethics/dharma","core_concept":"Even the gravest moral breaches are named explicitly to mark the boundary of adharma and to frame the possibility of śuddhi through right means.","practical_application":"Recognize and renounce these acts; seek corrective discipline (prāyaścitta) and turn to tīrtha-sevā/bhakti as taught in the surrounding passage."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Law and Society","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: bībhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayānaka
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 160.83–85 (Mathurā-kramana as purifier)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as a dharma-preacher enumerating categories of sinners—brahma-ghna, surā-pa, thief, vow-breaker, illicit-relations, and land/wife-stealers—before a listening audience.","item_prompts":["Varāha in regal/ascetic teaching posture","scroll or palm-leaf manuscript motif","listeners of mixed social types","visual symbols: wine-pot (surā), stolen goods, broken vow-thread, boundary-stone/field, distressed couple"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha seated as upadeśaka, bold flat colors, ornate jewelry, attendants listening; symbolic props for each sin arranged in panels.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central Varāha with gold-leaf halo, miniature vignettes around showing the listed sins with didactic clarity.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: refined linework, subdued palette; Varāha gesturing while a scribe records the list; moral emblems placed discreetly.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: hillside āśrama setting; Varāha teaching; small narrative scenes of transgressions in the margins."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"admonitory, grave","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"measured","voice_tone":"firm, didactic"}
FAQs
It mirrors dharma-ethical lists found across Sanskrit literature, showing how pilgrimage texts incorporate social-legal categories of wrongdoing.
No location appears in this verse; it functions as part of a broader Mathurā pilgrimage merit discourse.
It names socially recognized transgressions to frame the subsequent claim of purification through sacred travel and encounter.
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