Varaha Purana 49.38 — Adhyaya 49, Shloka 38
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
कथयित्वा पुनर्वाक्यमगस्त्यो नृपसत्तमम् । उवाच पुष्करं यामि पुनरेष्यामि ते गृहम् । एवमुक्त्वा जगामाशु सद्योऽदर्शनतां मुनिः ॥ ४९.३८ ॥
kathayitvā punarvākyam agastyo nṛpasattamam | uvāca puṣkaraṃ yāmi punareṣyāmi te gṛham | evam uktvā jagāmāśu sadyo 'darśanatāṃ muniḥ || 49.38 ||
Setelah berkata lagi, Agastya menuturkan kepada raja yang utama: “Aku akan pergi ke Puṣkara; aku akan kembali lagi ke rumahmu.” Setelah berkata demikian, sang resi segera berangkat dan seketika lenyap dari pandangan.
Agastya
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":"None","key_question":"None"}
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":"itihāsa-narrative ethic","core_concept":"Tīrtha-yātrā and the mobility of realized sages; impermanence of worldly company and the higher pull of sacred duty.","practical_application":"Treat pilgrimages and vows as prioritized obligations; accept departures/changes without clinging, maintaining dharmic continuity."}
Subject Matter: ["Sacred Geography","Narrative Transition","Pilgrimage Networks","Courtly Dialogue"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tīrtha and royal household/court
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 49.49.39-40 (results of Dvādaśī observance that follow this transition); Varāha Purāṇa 50.50.1-2 (Agastya’s return and reception)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"calm, transitional, reverent","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"measured, narrative, slightly hushed on ‘sadyo’darśanatām’"}
FAQs
It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative device: a sage’s departure to a tīrtha (pilgrimage site) to pivot the storyline, reflecting how sacred-geography traditions were embedded in courtly and didactic dialogues.
Puṣkara—traditionally identified with the Puṣkara region near Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan, widely attested in Sanskrit tīrtha literature as a major pilgrimage landscape.
The verse primarily conveys etiquette and reliability in social relations—clear communication of intent (departing and returning) and respectful address—rather than a direct moral injunction.
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