Varaha Purana 144.49: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 49
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
तेन लोके महत्त्वं च त्वत्प्रसादेन चैषिता ॥ ययाचेऽज्ञातयोदार तन्मे दातुं त्वमर्हसि ॥
tena loke mahattvaṃ ca tvatprasādena caiṣitā || yayāce ’jñātayodāra tan me dātuṃ tvam arhasi ||
అందువల్ల మీ ప్రసాదంతో లోకంలో మహత్త్వాన్ని నేను కోరాను. ఓ ఉదారుడా, అజ్ఞానవశంగా నేను యాచించినదాన్ని నాకు దయచేయుట మీకు తగినది।
Pṛthivī (default)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"earth_interaction":"Bhu-devī petitions the Lord for a boon connected to worldly ‘mahattva’ through his prasāda"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"questioner","bhu_devi_state":"hopeful yet self-admitting ignorance; petitioning for status/benefit","key_question":"Will you grant what I sought—though sought ignorantly—through your grace, and how should such ‘mahattva’ be rightly understood?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Boon-seeking is reframed as dependence on prasāda: true ‘mahattva’ (greatness) is not self-made but conferred by the divine, aligning worldly order with sacred purpose.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Prasāda as ‘yajña-phala’ granted by the Lord; Earth as the yajña-field requesting auspicious ordering and sanctity.","vedantic_connection":"Grace (anugraha) as a decisive factor in spiritual and cosmic order; also a caution that desires born of ajñāna need purification and right orientation."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Grace and responsibility in desire","core_concept":"Requests arising from ignorance can be transformed by divine grace; ‘greatness’ should be aligned with dharma, not ego.","practical_application":"Before seeking boons (artha, status), examine motive; offer the desire to God and accept reshaping toward dharmic ends."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Kingship/eminence (mahattva)","Grace and responsibility"]
Primary Rasa: Bhakti
Secondary Rasa: Karुणा
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 144.55 (appeal to compassion; Lord begins response)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Bhu-devī, earnest and slightly anxious, asks the Lord to grant what she sought unknowingly—boon-request moment before the divine reply.","item_prompts":["Bhu-devī with pleading gesture","implied presence of Varāha/Viṣṇu (edge of frame, aura, or throne)","boon-granting motif: open palm (varada-mudrā) anticipated","subtle symbols of ‘mahattva’: crown, standard, or radiance over earth"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Bhu-devī in supplication; the Lord’s luminous outline behind a veil of light; poised varada-mudrā; restrained drama.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold relief for divine aura; Bhu-devī richly adorned; varada gesture emphasized; symbols of sovereignty rendered as ornaments.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: delicate facial emotion; careful hand gestures; soft background architecture suggesting a divine court.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate dialogue composition; minimal setting; expressive hands; gentle color fields indicating grace."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"supplicatory, tender","suggested_raga":"Khamaj","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"warm, pleading"}
FAQs
It reflects the Purāṇic narrative convention of varadāna (granting boons), where requests are framed through grace and the petitioner’s acknowledged limitation.
No location is specified in this verse.
A cautionary ethic: ambition (mahattva) should be tempered by awareness of ignorance and accountability in requesting power or status.
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