Varaha Purana 136.25 — Adhyaya 136, Shloka 25
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
तन्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन यत्पृष्टोऽसि मया भवान् ॥ स्मर योगं च मायां च पश्य विष्णोर्महात्मनः
tan mamācakṣva tattvena yat pṛṣṭo'si mayā bhavān || smara yogaṃ ca māyāṃ ca paśya viṣṇor mahātmanaḥ
तस्मात् मम पृष्टं यथातत्त्वेन सत्यं मे ब्रूहि। योगं च मायां च स्मर; महात्मनः विष्णोः तद् पश्य।
Varāha (default framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Indirect: Varāha speaks as Viṣṇu’s avatāra, urging truthful disclosure and contemplation of Viṣṇu’s yoga and māyā; no explicit physical interaction with Bhū is stated."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"Implicitly: to state the truth of what was asked, grounded in remembering Viṣṇu’s yoga and māyā (i.e., the metaphysical basis behind the query)."}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"Speak truthfully and interpret events through the lens of Viṣṇu’s yoga (discipline/sovereign power) and māyā (cosmic projection).","karmic_consequence":"Truth-aligned speech and right vision lead to clarity and restoration of order; ignoring it sustains delusion and ethical confusion."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Varāha’s voice functions as the revealer of tattva: the avatāra points beyond form to Viṣṇu’s yoga-māyā as the mechanism of cosmic manifestation and re-stabilization.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None (no explicit limb-to-ritual mapping in this verse).","vedantic_connection":"Yoga-māyā language aligns with Vedāntic accounts of īśvara’s upādhi: māyā as the power that projects names/forms while the great-souled Viṣṇu remains the ground of reality."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"epistemology/theology","core_concept":"Tattva is grasped by truthful speech and by remembering Viṣṇu’s yoga and māyā as the operative principles behind experience.","practical_application":"Before judging events or persons, recollect the divine governance (yoga) and the limits of appearances (māyā); then speak only what is true and beneficial."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: recurring yoga-māyā framing in cosmological instruction passages (general motif)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha/Viṣṇu in a teaching posture, addressing a listener with a gesture of instruction, the atmosphere suggesting revelation of yoga and māyā (cosmic vision).","item_prompts":["teacher’s hand in vyākhyāna-mudrā","subtle aura/mandala suggesting māyā","scripture palm-leaf or symbolic lotus","listener seated respectfully"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: monumental Varāha/Viṣṇu as guru, warm ochres/greens, ornate prabhāmaṇḍala, stylized hand mudrās indicating tattva-upadeśa.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central seated Varāha/Viṣṇu with gold-leaf halo, raised instructive hand, embossed ornaments; background motifs hinting at cosmic māyā (concentric patterns).","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined linework, soft shading; Varāha/Viṣṇu as calm instructor, minimal background with symbolic veil-like patterns for māyā.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate teaching scene under a stylized canopy; delicate faces, cool palette; a translucent ‘veil’ motif behind the deity to suggest māyā."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic, contemplative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, authoritative, clarifying"}
FAQs
It highlights key doctrinal vocabulary—yoga and māyā—used across Purāṇic and philosophical texts to explain cognition, power, and cosmic appearance.
None; the verse is doctrinal rather than topographical.
It instructs truthful speech (tattvena) and disciplined recollection (smara) as prerequisites for regaining discernment.
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