Varaha Purana 155.29 — Adhyaya 155, Shloka 29
The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha
परदारांस्तु यो गच्छेत्काममोहप्रपीडितः ।
paradārāṃs tu yo gacchet kāmamohaprapīḍitaḥ |
परदारान् तु यो गच्छेत् काममोहप्रपीडितः—
Varāha (default, dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"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":true,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"Adultery (approaching another’s wife) driven by kāma and moha is introduced as a grave adharma leading to severe demerit.","karmic_consequence":"Implied heavy pāpa and consequent suffering/infamy; sets up condemnation and likely naraka/ruin in the continuation."}
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":"Ethical-psychological","core_concept":"Kāma and moha cloud discernment and propel one into adharma.","practical_application":"Guard senses and intention; treat desire as a force needing restraint through dharma, accountability, and right association."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social Conduct"]
Primary Rasa: bībhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayānaka
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 155.35 on relational harm/abandonment as adharma (same ethical cluster)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A cautionary tableau: a man pulled by personified Kāma and Moha toward a forbidden relationship, while Varāha’s admonishing presence looms as moral conscience.","item_prompts":["personifications of Kāma (bow/flowers) and Moha (veil/dark mist)","a boundary/threshold symbolizing prohibition","Varāha as teacher with raised hand (abhaya/niṣedha gesture)","shadowy consequences in background"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dramatic personifications, bold color blocks, Varāha in authoritative stance, stylized moral allegory with clear iconographic separation of dharma/adharma.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central moral scene with gold highlights on Varāha’s halo; darker palette for Moha; ornate but didactic composition.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: nuanced expressions of temptation and hesitation; Varāha’s calm corrective gaze; refined interior setting.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative vignette with symbolic mist of delusion; gentle landscape contrast to moral tension; Varāha as guiding figure."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Admonitory, cautioning","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"grave, warning, controlled"}
FAQs
It echoes normative ethical discourse shared with Dharmaśāstra literature, where sexual misconduct is treated as a serious social transgression and often appears in lists of censured actions.
No location is identified.
It signals condemnation of violating marital boundaries, attributing such action to desire and delusion.
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