Varaha Purana 170.39: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 39
The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship
including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics
नद्यास्तीरे सुप्रदेशे आवासांश्च प्रचक्रिरे ॥ निवेश्य भाण्डं तत्रैव अश्वानां यवसादिकम् ॥
nadyāstīre supradeśe āvāsāṁś ca pracakrire || niveśya bhāṇḍaṁ tatraiva aśvānāṁ yavasādikam
नद्यास्तीरे सुप्रदेशे आवासांश्च प्रचक्रिरे । निवेश्य भाण्डं तत्रैव अश्वानां यवसादिकम् ॥
Varāha (narrative voice; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"observer"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"rajaniti","instruction_summary":"Establish camp in a safe, well-situated riverside place; secure goods and provide proper fodder for horses.","karmic_consequence":"Orderly encampment prevents theft, loss, and animal harm; disorder invites danger, depletion, and conflict."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"discipline and stewardship","core_concept":"Dharma expresses as stewardship—protecting entrusted goods and caring for animals; outer order mirrors inner order.","practical_application":"When traveling: choose safe terrain, organize storage, assign watch, and ensure animal feed/water before personal comfort."}
Subject Matter: ["Geography","Heritage Sites","Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Artha
Type: riparian campsite / travel halt
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 170.42 (halt near mountain with fodder/water)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Travelers set up lodgings on a pleasant riverbank; baggage is stacked neatly while horses are fed with fodder.","item_prompts":["river with gentle current","temporary shelters/tents","stacked bundles and chests","horses eating yava/grass","guards or attendants arranging camp"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: stylized river with lotus motifs; orderly camp layout; attendants in synchronized action; rich earthy palette.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gilded highlights on baggage clasps and horse ornaments; river rendered as decorative band; symmetrical campsite composition.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined depiction of tents and bundles; soft river reflections; calm human gestures of arranging and feeding.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical river landscape; small figures busy with camp tasks; delicate lines for reeds and water ripples."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"calm logistical narration","suggested_raga":"Hamsadhwani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, measured"}
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic travel-narrative convention: describing encampment, provisioning, and the riverine landscape, useful for studying premodern itineraries and material culture vocabulary.
Only a generic riverbank setting is specified (nadyāḥ tīre); no named tīrtha or settlement appears in this fragment.
Implicitly, orderly conduct during travel—settling responsibly and providing for dependents/animals—rather than an explicit moral injunction.
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