Varaha Purana 209.19: Adhyaya 209, Shloka 19
Description of the Greatness of the Pativratā
Marital Fidelity and Ethical Devotion
मया तस्मात्तु विप्रर्षे यथावृत्तं यथाश्रुतम् ॥ गुह्यमेतत्ततो दृष्ट्वा पूजयामि पतिव्रताः ॥
mayā tasmāt tu viprarṣe yathāvṛttaṃ yathāśrutam || guhyam etat tato dṛṣṭvā pūjayāmi pativratāḥ ||
เพราะฉะนั้น โอ้พราหมณ์ฤๅษี ข้าพเจ้าได้เล่าไว้ตามที่เกิดขึ้นและตามที่ได้ยินมา ครั้นเห็นว่านี่เป็นคำสอนอันลับ จึงบูชานับถือสตรีผู้เป็นปติวรตา
Varāha (default; speaker not explicit in fragment)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"Treat the teaching on pativratā-dharma as a guarded (guhya) dharma and honor devoted wives accordingly.","karmic_consequence":"Honoring pativratās supports dharma and yields auspicious merit; neglect implies adharma and loss of punya (implied)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"hermeneutics / dharma-epistemology","core_concept":"Dharma is preserved through faithful transmission (as heard/occurred) and guarded as ‘guhya’; reverence (pūjā) is an ethical response to recognized dharma.","practical_application":"Receive dharma-teachings with restraint and fidelity; express it through concrete honor/support of exemplary household virtue (pativratā)."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Textual Transmission"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: pativratā-māhātmya section continuing into 210.1ff (Nārada’s framing)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as a dignified teacher addressing a brahmin-seer, concluding a confidential dharma account and gesturing reverently toward devoted wives as exemplars.","item_prompts":["Varāha in regal yet ascetic teaching posture","brahmin-seer listener with palm-leaf manuscript","subtle ‘guhya’ motif (closed manuscript/covered lamp)","group of pativratā women receiving honor (añjali, offerings)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha as divine instructor with calm śānta bhāva, rich flat colors, ornate jewelry, palm-leaf manuscript, pativratās in traditional attire receiving pūjā.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central Varāha teacher figure with gold-leaf halo, raised hand in upadeśa mudrā, offerings before pativratās, embossed ornaments.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, subdued palette, Varāha seated on a low throne, manuscript and water-pot, pativratās in respectful semicircle.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: intimate courtly teaching scene, Varāha and rishi under a tree pavilion, pativratās at side, lyrical landscape."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"confidential, didactic, reverential","suggested_raga":"Yaman (for śānta-upadeśa)","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"measured, authoritative, slightly hushed on ‘guhyam’"}
FAQs
It preserves a common Purāṇic self-referential style: the narrator emphasizes faithful transmission (‘as heard, as occurred’) and marks certain teachings as ‘guhya’ (restricted/inner instruction).
No geographic location is specified in this verse.
The passage frames reverence toward morally exemplary householders (here, pativratās) as an appropriate response to understanding the teaching.
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