Varaha Purana 111.9 — Adhyaya 111, Shloka 9
The Eulogy of Donating a Tawny (Kapilā) Cow
तेन स्नानेन चैकेन भावयुक्तेन वै नरः ॥ यावज्जीवकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः ॥
tena snānena caikena bhāvayuktena vai naraḥ || yāvajjīvakṛtāt pāpān mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
และด้วยการอาบเพียงครั้งเดียวนั้น เมื่อประกอบด้วยภาวะอันถูกต้อง บุคคลย่อมพ้นจากบาปที่ทำตลอดชีวิต; ในข้อนี้ไม่มีความสงสัย
Hotā
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"observer"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"A single bath, when performed with proper bhāva (inner disposition), frees one from sins committed throughout life.","karmic_consequence":"Bhāva-yukta snāna yields lifetime pāpa-release; implied that bhāva-less performance is spiritually ineffective or diminished."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"promised_fruit":"Release from lifetime-accrued pāpa through one properly disposed bath."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Primacy of inner disposition in ritual","core_concept":"External acts become liberative when aligned with sincere inner orientation (bhāva); ritual is psychology-informed soteriology.","practical_application":"Before bathing/ritual, cultivate repentance, resolve, and devotion; treat the act as inner cleansing, not mere hygiene."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Psychology (bhāva)","Expiation"]
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Adbhuta
Type: Ritual bath-site
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 111.8 (tīrtha-equivalence bath); Varāha Purāṇa 111.7 (śraddhā empowers pradakṣiṇā)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A person bathes once with eyes closed in contemplation; translucent ‘stains’ lift away, suggesting inner purification through bhāva.","item_prompts":["single bath moment (one immersion/pour)","closed eyes/meditative face","water rendered as luminous","dark stains dissolving","simple ritual vessels"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: stylized water patterns, serene face, symbolic dark-to-light purification, minimal background.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold accents on water ripples and halo-like aura, embossed droplets, strong contrast of impurity dissolving.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: soft, devotional realism; gentle highlights on water; calm interiority emphasized.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: clear stream, contemplative bather, delicate lines showing impurities drifting away like mist."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Contemplative assurance","suggested_raga":"Ahir Bhairav","pace":"Slow","voice_tone":"Soft but firm, emphasizing ‘bhāva-yukta’ and ‘na atra saṃśayaḥ’"}
FAQs
It foregrounds intention (bhāva) as a criterion of ritual efficacy, a theme significant for intellectual history of ethics and ritual theory in Sanskrit traditions.
No geographic location is identified.
Ethical transformation is linked not only to external action but also to internal orientation (bhāva).
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