Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 74
Yayāti’s Proclamation of Hari-Worship and the Ideal Vaiṣṇava Society
in the Mata–Pitri Tirtha Cycle
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने मातापितृतीर्थवर्णने ययाति । चरित्रे चतुःसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne mātāpitṛtīrthavarṇane yayāti | caritre catuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ
ఇట్లు శ్రీపద్మపురాణము భూమిఖండములో వెనోపాఖ్యానాంతర్గతంగా మాతా–పితృతీర్థవర్ణనము మరియు యయాతిచరిత్రముతో కూడిన డెబ్బై నాలుగవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది।
Narratorial colophon (chapter-ending rubric; no direct speaker indicated in this verse)
Concept: Tīrtha-mahātmya and itihāsa (Vena and Yayāti) are framed as dharma-instruction; the colophon signals completion and textual sanctification.
Application: Treat parental service as a daily ‘tīrtha’: gratitude, care, and remembrance; when visiting pilgrimage sites, include offerings/prayers for ancestors and parents.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Type: tirtha
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A manuscript colophon scene: palm-leaf folios laid on a low wooden desk, a scribe’s stylus resting beside a small lamp, while in the background a symbolic vignette shows a tīrtha with a simple shrine labeled ‘Mātā–Pitṛ’. The mood is of completion—ink drying, lamp steady, and the sacred narrative sealed.","primary_figures":["Scribe (lekhaka)","Sage narrator (symbolic)","Pilgrims (tiny background figures)"],"setting":"Traditional manuscript room or temple library (grantha-bhāṇḍāra) with a small lamp; background insert of a tīrtha ghat and shrine.","lighting_mood":"warm lamplight","color_palette":["aged parchment beige","ink black","lamp amber","wood brown","muted maroon"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: ornate manuscript desk with gold-leaf borders, a small shrine vignette of Mātā–Pitṛ Tīrtha in a corner medallion, rich maroon backdrop, lamp rendered with bright gold highlights, decorative floral motifs framing the colophon text area.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: intimate indoor scene with a scribe and lamp, delicate rendering of palm leaves and stylus, soft shadows, a small window opening to a distant riverside tīrtha, restrained earthy palette and refined linework.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized scribe and lamp with bold outlines, decorative borders like temple murals, simplified shrine vignette of the tīrtha, dominant warm reds and yellows with green accents.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: decorative border-heavy composition where the central ‘text panel’ is framed by lotus and creeper motifs, small narrative vignettes of pilgrims at a tīrtha in the corners, deep indigo background with gold detailing."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":null,"pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["page rustle","temple bell (distant)","lamp crackle","quiet hall ambience"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: चतुःसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः→चतुःसप्ततितमः अध्यायः; (IAST yayāti is a proper name here, not a verb).
FAQs
It is a colophon—a chapter-ending marker that identifies the Purāṇa section (Bhūmi-khaṇḍa), the embedded topics (Vena narrative, Mātā–Pitṛ Tīrtha description, Yayāti account), and the chapter number (74).
It indicates a sacred pilgrimage spot (tīrtha) associated with honoring one’s mother and father; this colophon signals that the preceding chapter contained its description.
Purāṇic chapters often weave multiple sub-narratives; the colophon summarizes the main embedded themes covered in that chapter—here, the Vena episode and the Yayāti story alongside the tīrtha description.