Varaha Purana 19.10: Adhyaya 19, Shloka 10
The Glory of Lunar Days: The Pratipadā Observance and the Merit of Hearing Agni’s Origin
य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं प्रातरुत्थाय मानवः । अग्नेर् जन्म स पापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः ॥ १९.१० ॥
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ prātar utthāya mānavaḥ | agner janma sa pāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 19.10 ||
ప్రభాతంలో లేచి నిత్యం అగ్నిదేవుని జన్మకథను వినే మనిషి పాపాల నుండి విముక్తుడవుతాడు—ఇందులో సందేహం లేదు।
Varāha (default dialogue framework: instructor voice addressing the inquirer)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"instruction_summary":"Rise early and regularly listen (śravaṇa) to the account of Agni’s birth as a purifying observance.","karmic_consequence":"Regular morning śravaṇa removes sins (pāpa-kṣaya) with certainty."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
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Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice","Textual Merit (śravaṇa-phala)"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: surrounding Agni-janma narrative (immediately preceding section)
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FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic literary feature—śravaṇa-phala—where hearing a sacred narrative is presented as ethically transformative, indicating the text’s role in oral/recitational culture and didactic transmission.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on the practice of morning listening and its stated moral consequence.
To cultivate disciplined, regular engagement with instructive narrative (here, Agni’s origin) as a means of moral purification and self-regulation.
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