Varaha Purana 21.10 — Adhyaya 21, Shloka 10
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
सा अपि दक्षाय सुष्रोणी गौरी दत्ताथ ब्रह्मणा । दुहितृत्वे पुरा या हि रुद्रेणोढा महात्मना ॥ २१.११ ॥
sā api dakṣāya suśroṇī gaurī dattātha brahmaṇā | duhitṛtve purā yā hi rudreṇoḍhā mahātmanā || 21.11 ||
அழகிய இடுப்புடைய கௌரியும் பிரம்மனால் தக்ஷனுக்கு மகளாக அளிக்கப்பட்டாள்; அவளே முன்பு மகள்-நிலையில் மகாத்மா ருத்ரனால் மணந்துகொள்ளப்பட்டவள்.
Varāha (default narrative voice, per dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
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":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"mythic ethics of role and dharma","core_concept":"The same divine principle (Gaurī/Śakti) can assume different dharmic roles across cycles—daughter, bride—without contradiction in Purāṇic time.","practical_application":"Distinguish essence from role: maintain integrity while fulfilling changing responsibilities (āśrama/relationship duties) across life phases."}
Subject Matter: ["Genealogy","Mythic History","Cosmology"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: genealogical/social cosmos
Related Themes: Lead-in: Brahmā’s handling of the maiden/Gaurī; follow-on: Dakṣa lineage and ensuing divine relations
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Brahmā formally presents Gaurī—graceful and radiant—to Dakṣa as his daughter, while an allusive memory of her earlier marriage to Rudra hovers as a secondary vignette.","item_prompts":["Brahmā in gifting gesture (kanyā-dāna motif)","Gaurī as ‘suśroṇī’ (graceful hips), luminous and modest","Dakṣa receiving with reverence","faint background vignette of Rudra as prior husband (symbolic, not dominant)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: ceremonial kanyā-dāna composition; Gaurī centered with rich attire; Brahmā and Dakṣa flanking; subtle Rudra motif in corner as narrative memory.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-leaf emphasis on Gaurī’s ornaments and halo; Brahmā and Dakṣa richly decorated; temple-arch framing; secondary Rudra cameo in medallion.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined courtly ceremony; soft expressions; detailed textiles; subdued but clear iconography for Brahmā/Dakṣa/Gaurī.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate palace-garden setting; delicate figures; narrative inset showing Rudra marriage as a small cloud-panel; gentle colors."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative, slightly dramatic","suggested_raga":"Khamaj","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"storytelling warmth with controlled gravity"}
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic genealogical motif linking Brahmā, Dakṣa, Gaurī (Pārvatī), and Rudra, illustrating how Purāṇas organize mythic history through repeated cycles of kinship and marriage narratives.
No geographic site is explicitly named in this verse; the content is genealogical rather than topographical.
The verse does not present an explicit ethical injunction; it primarily records lineage and relational roles (daughterhood and marriage) within a mythic-historical framework.
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