Varaha Purana 112.68 — Adhyaya 112, Shloka 68
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
चतुर्दशं वामनकं कौर्मं पञ्चदशं स्मृतम् ॥ मात्स्यं च गारुडं चैव ब्रह्माण्डं च ततः परम्
caturdaśaṃ vāmanakaṃ kaurmaṃ pañcadaśaṃ smṛtam || mātsyaṃ ca gāruḍaṃ caiva brahmāṇḍaṃ ca tataḥ param
పద్నాలుగవది వామన (పురాణం) అని చెప్పబడింది; పదిహేనవది కూర్మ (పురాణం) అని స్మరించబడింది. తరువాత మత్స్య, గారుడ మరియు ఆపై బ్రహ్మాండ (పురాణం) ఉన్నాయి.
Varāha
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":"observer; addressed as धारिणि but not emotionally foregrounded","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":"śāstra-prāmāṇya / smṛti-paramparā","core_concept":"Dharma is mediated through an ordered, remembered canon; naming texts is a way of safeguarding transmission.","practical_application":"Use the list as a cataloguing key for manuscript identification, recension comparison, and ritual reading cycles."}
Subject Matter: ["Purāṇic Canon","Textual Enumeration","Manuscript Cataloguing"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 112 (phalaśruti/canon section continuing into 112.78ff)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"measured, catalog-like, contemplative","suggested_raga":"Śrī (or Bihāg for clarity and uplift)","pace":"medium-slow with clear caesurae","voice_tone":"didactic, steady, unornamented"}
FAQs
It completes a major segment of the canonical list and provides ordering data useful for manuscript comparison and bibliographic normalization.
No geographic site is mentioned.
The verse is classificatory and does not foreground an ethical directive.
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