Varaha Purana 112.46 — Adhyaya 112, Shloka 46
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
यश्चैतच्छृणुयान्नित्यं तद्गतेनान्तरात्मना ॥ संवत्सरकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ॥
yaś caitac chṛṇuyān nityaṃ tadgatena antarātmanā | saṃvatsarakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇād eva naśyati ||
ఎవడు నిత్యం దీనిని శ్రవణం చేస్తాడో, అంతరాత్మ దీనిలో లీనమై ఉండగా—అతని సంవత్సరమంతా కూడిన పాపం ఆ క్షణమే నశిస్తుంది.
Varāha (default 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":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Listen to this daily with inward absorption; accumulated sin of a year is destroyed instantly.","karmic_consequence":"Attentive daily śravaṇa yields immediate pāpa-kṣaya; inattentive listening (without antarātman absorption) is implicitly less efficacious."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"Nitya (daily)","promised_fruit":"Instant destruction of one-year accumulated sin through absorbed listening."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"bhakti-soteriology (śravaṇa as upāya)","core_concept":"Transformation is tied to interiorization: when the ‘inner self’ is placed in the teaching (tad-gata antarātman), purification is immediate—suggesting mind/intent as the key sacramental medium.","practical_application":"Practice active listening: remove distractions, contemplate meaning during/after hearing, and align conduct with what is heard to stabilize the claimed purification."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Textual Practice","Soteriological Language (archival category)"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 112.47 (disciplined recitation); Varāha Purāṇa 112.49 (ritual-time recitation efficacy)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A listener sits daily in attentive absorption as a reciter chants; a visual metaphor of sins dissolving instantly (darkness dispersing into light).","item_prompts":["teacher/reciter and listener pair","listener with closed eyes, focused","sound-wave or mantra-scroll motif","light aura expanding","dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ dissolving","simple shrine or lamp"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: seated listener in deep attention, reciter chanting, stylized light radiating, dark impurities dissolving into patterned background, strong outlines.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: gold-leaf aura around listener/reciter, embossed radiance symbolizing pāpa-kṣaya, ornate lamp and arch frame.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: subtle chiaroscuro—darkness lifting as warm light spreads, refined faces showing inward absorption.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: minimal interior with lyrical light beam motif, gentle colors, symbolic dark cloud dispersing above the listener."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"purificatory, inward","suggested_raga":"Ahir Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"soft but firm, contemplative"}
FAQs
It evidences a common Purāṇic pedagogic claim: repeated hearing/recitation functions as moral reform and communal instruction, reflecting oral-aural textual culture.
None; the verse is practice-oriented rather than site-specific.
Sustained attentive listening and inner focus are presented as disciplines that support moral purification.
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