Varaha Purana 59.2 — Adhyaya 59, Shloka 2
The Obstacle-Removing Vow
Procedure for Worship of Vināyaka
चतुर्थ्यां फाल्गुने मासि ग्रहीतव्यं व्रतं त्विदम् । नक्ताहारेण राजेन्द्र तिलान्नं पारणं स्मृतम् । तदेवाग्नौ तु होतव्यं ब्राह्मणाय च तद्भवेत् ॥ ५९.२ ॥
caturthyāṃ phālgune māsi grahītavyaṃ vrataṃ tvidam | naktāhāreṇa rājendra tilānnaṃ pāraṇaṃ smṛtam | tadevāgnau tu hotavyaṃ brāhmaṇāya ca tad bhavet || 59.2 ||
ఫాల్గుణ మాసంలో చతుర్థి నాడు ఈ వ్రతాన్ని స్వీకరించాలి. ఓ రాజేంద్రా, నక్తాహార నియమంతో తిలాన్నమే పారణమని చెప్పబడింది; అదే అగ్నిలో హోమం చేసి, బ్రాహ్మణునికి దానమివ్వాలి.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious","key_question":"How is the obstacle-removing observance to be undertaken—its tithi, dietary rule, pāraṇa, and the required homa and brāhmaṇa-gift?"}
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":"Undertake the vrata on Phālguna śukla/kr̥ṣṇa caturthī; observe night-only eating; conclude with sesame-rice pāraṇa, then offer it into fire and give to a brāhmaṇa.","karmic_consequence":"Correct observance functions as vighna-śamana (obstacle pacification) and safeguards ritual success; improper pāraṇa/dāna/homa weakens the rite’s protective efficacy."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Avighna-hara (vighna-śamana) Caturthī Vrata (as described here)","tithi_month":"Caturthī in Phālguna","promised_fruit":"Prevention/removal of impediments (vighna-nivṛtti) even for properly performed acts; ritual completion without obstruction."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-yoga (ritual discipline)","core_concept":"Ritual success is stabilized by restraint (niyama), correct closure (pāraṇa), and transference of merit through homa and dāna.","practical_application":"Observe regulated diet (naktāhāra), perform proper pāraṇa, and complete the act with homa plus brāhmaṇa-satkara (gift) to seal the rite."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice","Dharma"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: śraddhā-bhakti
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 59.59.4 (fruit: freedom from all obstacles); Varāha Purāṇa 59.59.5 (Sagara precedent)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha (as divine teacher) instructs the listener on a Phālguna caturthī vrata: night meal discipline, sesame-rice pāraṇa, offering into fire, and gifting to a brāhmaṇa.","item_prompts":["Varāha as teacher (anthropomorphic with boar head or divine form)","sacred fire altar (agni) with ladle","bowl of tilānna (sesame-rice)","brāhmaṇa receiving dāna","moon-calendar motif indicating caturthī"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Varāha with ornate crown and boar visage, standing beside a homa-kuṇḍa; attendants hold a vessel of tilānna; a brāhmaṇa in white receives offering; rich reds/ochres.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with gold-leaf halo; homa fire with stylized flames; gleaming vessels; brāhmaṇa figure at side receiving dāna; heavy ornamentation.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined homa scene; Varāha in teaching gesture; detailed utensils (sruc, pātra); soft shading; calm devotional ambience.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate courtyard homa; Varāha and brāhmaṇa in profile; simple vessels of sesame-rice; cool palette with delicate architectural lines."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"ritual-instructional, devotional","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"measured, authoritative"}
FAQs
It documents a standardized Purāṇic vrata protocol—date specification (caturthī in Phālguna), dietary discipline (naktāhāra), and the closing rite (pāraṇa)—reflecting how late-classical Sanskrit texts systematized household and royal ritual practice.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is a calendrical and procedural instruction rather than a site-specific passage.
The verse emphasizes disciplined observance and socially oriented giving: completing a vow with restraint (regulated eating) and directing offerings through fire-ritual and charitable gifting to a brāhmaṇa.
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