Varaha Purana 45.9 — Adhyaya 45, Shloka 9
Ritual Procedure for Worship of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in the Month of Jyeṣṭha
तावद् भोगान् भुञ्जते स्वर्गसंस्थो यावदिन्द्राः दश च द्विद्विसंख्याः । अतीतकाले पुनरेत्य मर्त्यो भवेत राजा शतयज्ञयाजी । नश्यन्ति पापानि च तस्य पुंसः प्राप्नोति निर्वाणमलं च शाश्वतम् ॥ ४५.९ ॥
tāvad bhogān bhuñjate svargasaṃstho yāvad indrā daśa ca dvidvisaṃkhyāḥ | atītakāle punaretya martyo bhaveta rājā śatayajñayājī | naśyanti pāpāni ca tasya puṃsaḥ prāpnoti nirvāṇam alaṃ ca śāśvatam || 45.9 ||
ସ୍ୱର୍ଗରେ ସ୍ଥିତ ହୋଇ ସେ ଯେତେଦିନ ଭୋଗ ଉପଭୋଗ କରେ, ସେତେଦିନ ଦଶ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର ଓ ତାହାର ଦ୍ୱିଗୁଣ ସଂଖ୍ୟାର ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରମାନଙ୍କର କାଳ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ। ସେ କାଳ ଅତୀତ ହେଲେ ମର୍ତ୍ୟ ପୁନଃ ମନୁଷ୍ୟଲୋକକୁ ଫେରି ଶତଯଜ୍ଞ କରୁଥିବା ରାଜା ହୁଏ। ତାହାର ପାପ ନଶିଯାଏ ଏବଂ ସେ ଶାଶ୍ୱତ, ନିର୍ମଳ ନିର୍ବାଣ (ମୋକ୍ଷ) ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରେ।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicitly marked in the excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"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":"soteriology and karmic cosmology","core_concept":"Even extremely long heavenly enjoyment is finite; merit ripens into high rebirth (kingship, śatayajña), and through accumulated purity one reaches stainless, enduring liberation.","practical_application":"Treat svarga as a temporary fruit; prioritize actions that purify (yajña/niṣkāma-dharma, devotion) and aim for mokṣa rather than only celestial reward."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Karma and Merit","Cosmology","Soteriology (Liberation discourse)"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: cosmic realms
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: adjacent discourse on merit (puṇya), loka-phala, and mokṣa-phalāni (contextual continuity within the same adhyāya)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A cosmic tableau: a radiant soul enjoying svarga’s pleasures for immeasurable time, then descending to earth to be crowned as a king performing a hundred yajñas, culminating in a luminous, stainless liberation motif.","item_prompts":["Indraloka palace and apsaras","time-cycle imagery (multiple Indras as aeons)","descent path from heaven to earth","royal coronation (rājā)","yajña-śālā with 100 sacrificial altars suggested symbolically","fire, ladles, soma vessels","aura of purification (pāpa-kṣaya)","final serene liberation light (nirvāṇa)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style, layered cosmic registers: Indraloka above, Martyaloka below; richly ornamented king performing yajña; warm reds/ochres, stylized clouds, serene mokṣa radiance.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style with gold-leaf emphasis on Indraloka splendor and royal regalia; central yajña-fire with embossed gold; final haloed liberation glow.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, delicate linework: king as śatayajñayājī in a refined yajña pavilion; subtle gradation showing descent from svarga; calm śānta finish.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: compact narrative panels—svarga enjoyment, return as king, yajña sequence, and a final meditative liberation vignette; cool mountain palette with bright accents."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative, cosmological, culminating in serene release","suggested_raga":"Yaman (for expansive śānta-adbhuta)","pace":"medium-slow with clear caesura at return-to-mortality and at nirvāṇa","voice_tone":"grave, instructive, gently uplifting at the final pāpa-kṣaya/nirvāṇa cadence"}
FAQs
It reflects Purāṇic synthesis of karmic reward (svarga enjoyment), royal-sacrificial ideology (śatayajña), and liberation language (nirvāṇa), illustrating how later Sanskrit traditions link ritual merit with broader soteriological goals.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is temporal-cosmological (duration in heaven and cycles of Indras) rather than topographical sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes the impermanence of heavenly pleasures and frames ethical-ritual action as capable of purifying wrongdoing, culminating in an ideal of enduring liberation described as “stainless nirvāṇa.”
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