Varaha Purana 198.73: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 73
Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration
इह विश्राम्य ते धीराः किञ्चित्कालं सहानुगाः ॥ गच्छन्ति परमं स्थानं पृथिव्यां वा महत्कुले
iha viśrāmya te dhīrāḥ kiñcitkālaṃ sahānugāḥ || gacchanti paramaṃ sthānaṃ pṛthivyāṃ vā mahatkule
Resting here for some time, those steadfast persons—together with their attendants—go to the highest abode, or else are born on earth into a great family.
Varāha
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,"instruction_summary":"Steadfast persons who ‘rest here’ (iha viśrāmya) for a time attain the highest abode, or else gain an exalted rebirth in a great family.","karmic_consequence":"Merit accrued at the ‘here’ (a sacred locus/discipline-context) ripens as liberation-like ascent or high birth; failure to cultivate steadiness forfeits these outcomes."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"soteriology (twofold fruit: higher world or noble rebirth)","core_concept":"Karma can mature as either ascent to a supreme realm or as auspicious rebirth; steadiness (dhairya) and right association (anugāḥ) support the trajectory.","practical_application":"Sustain disciplined practice for a ‘season’ (kāla) without impatience; keep supportive companions/attendants (service, community) aligned with dharma."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Cosmology"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: sacred site / merit-field (puṇya-kṣetra)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 198 (sequence on conduct leading to destiny)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative, gently uplifting","suggested_raga":"Kalyāṇ (Yaman) or Bihāg","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"assured, consoling"}
FAQs
It illustrates a common Purāṇic twofold reward model: attainment of a transcendent realm or favorable rebirth, useful for comparative study of Indian afterlife imaginaries.
No named site is given; “pṛthivī” here denotes the terrestrial world generally.
Steadfastness and disciplined conduct are framed as yielding either a supreme destination or an advantageous rebirth.
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