Varaha Purana 167.8 — Adhyaya 167, Shloka 8
The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation
यथा मातरमाश्रित्य सर्वे जीवन्ति जन्तवः ॥ एवं गार्हस्थ्यमाश्रित्य सर्वे जीवन्ति जन्तवः ॥
yathā mātaram āśritya sarve jīvanti jantavaḥ || evaṃ gārhasthyam āśritya sarve jīvanti jantavaḥ ||
எவ்வாறு எல்லா உயிர்களும் தாயைச் சார்ந்து வாழ்கின்றனவோ, அவ்வாறே எல்லா உயிர்களும் கृहஸ்த ஆச்ரமத்தைச் சார்ந்து வாழ்கின்றன।
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Varāha instructs Bhūmi by analogy (mother : beings :: gārhasthya : beings), framing Earth as listener/recipient of dharma-teaching."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious, receptive to dharma-instruction","key_question":"How do the āśramas mutually depend on one another, and why is gārhasthya considered the sustaining base?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"All āśramas are sustained by the gṛhastha; therefore householders must uphold support-duties (hospitality, dana, maintenance of dependents and ritual fires).","karmic_consequence":"Upholding gārhasthya-dharma sustains social-religious order and yields merit through support of yajña, guests, and dependents; neglect destabilizes dharma and accrues demerit through failure of obligatory support."}
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":"dharma-ethics / social ontology","core_concept":"Interdependence (āśrama-sāhāyya): the householder is the economic-ritual substrate enabling renunciation and study.","practical_application":"Honor and strengthen household duties—earning honestly, feeding dependents/guests, supporting students/ascetics, sustaining rites—so higher pursuits can exist without hypocrisy."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social interdependence","Āśrama theory"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: vātsalya
Type: didactic setting (purāṇic dialogue-space)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: gārhasthya-stuti passages within the dharma-kathā of this adhyāya (contextual continuity)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as a divine teacher addressing Vasundharā, illustrating the mother-and-creatures analogy as a didactic tableau.","item_prompts":["Varāha seated in calm teaching posture","Bhūdevī listening with folded hands","symbolic vignette: mother with children (small inset)","household scene: gārhapatya fire, guests being fed (small inset)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: serene Varāha-guru with ornate crown, Bhūdevī in traditional jewelry, warm earthy palette, inset motifs of mother/children and sacred fire.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: gold-leaf haloed Varāha teaching, Bhūdevī seated, embossed ornaments, small gold-highlighted gārhapatya fire and offering vessels.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting: delicate linework, subdued colors, Varāha in gentle upadeśa mudrā, Bhūdevī attentive, minimal inset household symbols.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature: intimate dialogue scene under a stylized tree, soft hills, small narrative inset of mother with children and a simple hearth-fire."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic, contemplative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, instructive, warm"}
FAQs
It articulates a social-interdependence model typical of Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra discourse, using kinship imagery to explain institutional support.
No location is specified in this verse.
Ethical life is framed as mutually sustaining: householders are depicted as enabling wider societal continuity.
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