Varaha Purana 29.15 — Adhyaya 29, Shloka 15
The Birth and Marriages of the Direction-Goddesses and the Daśamī Observance
ततः प्रभृति ता देव्यः सेन्द्राद्याः परिकीर्तिताः । दशमी च तिथिस्तासामतीव दयिताभवत् ॥ २९.१५ ॥
tataḥ prabhṛti tā devyaḥ sendrādyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ | daśamī ca tithis tāsām atīva dayitābhavat || 29.15 ||
అప్పటినుంచి ఇంద్రాది దేవతలతో సంబంధమైన ఆ దేవీలు యథావిధిగా కీర్తించబడ్డారు; వారిలో దశమీ తిథి అత్యంత ప్రియమైనదిగా నిలిచింది।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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":"None","instruction_summary":"Daśamī-tithi is singled out as especially dear/auspicious in the ritual enumeration of devīs and calendrical observances.","karmic_consequence":"Honoring the favored tithi supports ritual efficacy and auspicious outcomes; neglect is implied to reduce the intended merit (phala) of the observance."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Daśamī-tithi observance (devī-priya-daśamī)","tithi_month":"Daśamī (month not specified)","promised_fruit":"Auspiciousness and enhanced merit through alignment with a devī-favored lunar day."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ritual-time ontology (kāla-dharma)","core_concept":"Kāla (tithi) is not neutral; certain lunar days are intrinsically ‘dear’ to devatās and thus potent for dharmic acts.","practical_application":"Schedule worship, japa, dāna, and vrata-acts on Daśamī when indicated by the tradition to amplify intended results."}
Subject Matter: ["Ritual Calendar (Tithi)","Goddess Enumeration","Puranic Narrative Structure"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 29.29.16 (curd-diet vow and sin-destruction); Varāha Purāṇa 29.29.17 (hearing the account yields Brahmaloka)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A didactic scene of sacred enumeration: the narrator establishes a list of devīs (Indra-associated and others) while highlighting Daśamī as especially beloved.","item_prompts":["seated teacher-narrator","palm-leaf manuscript or rosary","a symbolic lunar calendar with the 10th day marked","group of devīs in orderly arrangement","subtle Indra-emblems (vajra motif) to indicate ‘seन्द्राद्याः’"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: calm teaching posture, flat yet rich color fields; devīs arranged in tiers; a stylized moon-cycle band with Daśamī highlighted.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central narrator with ornate arch; gold-leaf haloing for devīs; a small gold-inlaid lunar disc marking Daśamī.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, restrained ornament; manuscript and calendar motif; devīs with soft expressions emphasizing śānta/adbhuta.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: hillside court-like teaching scene; devīs in bright garments; a simple moon-phase strip with the tenth segment emphasized."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"measured, declarative, ritual-instructional","suggested_raga":"Śrī (or Bilāval for clarity)","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, enumerative, teacherly"}
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic practice of cataloging divine figures and correlating them with calendrical units (tithis), indicating how ritual timekeeping and devotional or commemorative observances were textualized in Sanskrit narrative traditions.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; the focus is on enumeration of devīs and the prominence of the Daśamī tithi.
Rather than an explicit ethical injunction, the verse foregrounds orderly remembrance (parikīrtana/enumeration) and the cultural valuation of sacred time (Daśamī) within a ritual-philosophical framework.
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