Varaha Purana 32.6 — Adhyaya 32, Shloka 6
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
द्रव्यगुणक्रियाजातिचतुःपादः प्रकीर्तितः । संहितापदक्रमश्चैव त्रिशृङ्गोऽसौ स्मृतो बुधैः ॥ ३२.७ ॥
dravyaguṇakriyājāticatuḥpādaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | saṁhitāpadakramaś caiva triśṛṅgo 'sau smṛto budhaiḥ || 32.7 ||
द्रव्य-गुण-क्रिया-जातिभिः चतुःपादः स प्रकीर्तितः। संहिता-पद-क्रमरूपैः त्रिशृङ्गोऽसौ बुधैः स्मृतः॥
Varāha (default framework; instructor voice not explicitly marked in excerpt)
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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":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"A technical ‘four-footed’ and ‘three-peaked’ schema links ontology (padārthas) and Vedic recitation methods, suggesting that cosmic order and sacred speech share a structured completeness upheld by the Lord.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Four pādas = dravya/guṇa/kriyā/jāti (categories of knowing/being); three śṛṅgas = saṁhitā/pada/krama (modes of Vedic chanting), evoking the Veda as a ‘mountain’ of sound with three peaks.","vedantic_connection":"Śabda as pramāṇa: ordered speech (Veda) discloses ordered reality; disciplined recitation mirrors disciplined cognition leading toward brahma-jñāna."}
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Subject Matter: ["Philosophy","Linguistics","Hermeneutics","Epistemology"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa’s broader dharma-teaching sections that ground practice in Vedic authority
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"scholastic, focused","suggested_raga":"Hamsadhwani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"precise, articulate"}
FAQs
It reflects a scholastic tendency within Purāṇic literature to incorporate classificatory schemes (padārtha-style categories) and to reference established modes of Vedic textual transmission (saṁhitā, pada, krama), indicating interaction with broader Sanskrit intellectual traditions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily conceptual and methodological (categorical and recitational).
Rather than an explicit ethical injunction, the verse emphasizes disciplined knowledge-organization and careful textual practice—an implicit philosophical instruction valuing precision in understanding and preserving authoritative discourse.
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