Varaha Purana 211.45 — Adhyaya 211, Shloka 45
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
न शङ्खेन पिबेत्तोयं न हन्यान्मत्स्यसूकरौ ॥ एकादश्यां न भुञ्जीत पक्षयोरुभयोऽपि
na śaṅkhena pibettoyaṁ na hanyān matsyasūkarau || ekādaśyāṁ na bhuñjīta pakṣayor ubhayor api
ไม่พึงดื่มน้ำด้วยสังข์ และไม่พึงฆ่าปลาหรือหมูป่า ในวันเอกาทศีไม่พึงฉัน ทั้งในปักษ์ขึ้นและปักษ์แรม
Varāha (default dialogue frame)
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":"attentive; receiving detailed niyamas including ahiṃsā","key_question":"What specific prohibitions (food, conduct, violence) must be observed on Ekādaśī in both fortnights?"}
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":"On Ekādaśī (in either pakṣa), do not eat; avoid drinking water from a conch; do not kill fish or boars (ahiṃsā and ritual propriety).","karmic_consequence":"Observance preserves vrata-puṇya and purity; killing/indulgence damages merit and incurs sin (implied)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Ekādaśī-vrata (with ahiṃsā-niyamas)","tithi_month":"Ekādaśī in both śukla and kṛṣṇa pakṣas","promised_fruit":"Vrata purity and sustained merit leading toward Vaiṣṇava spiritual goals (as framed by the section)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The mention of ‘sūkara’ (boar) within Ekādaśī prohibitions implicitly sacralizes the boar as a divine-associated being; ahiṃsā toward sūkara resonates with honoring Varāha’s avatāra-form and the sanctity of life upheld by dharma.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"Respect for avatāra-symbols and restraint of violence/consumption as aids to sattva and devotion (bhakti supported by ethical purification)."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethical purification supporting devotion","core_concept":"Devotion is not only worship but also restraint: non-violence and regulated consumption protect inner clarity.","practical_application":"Keep Ekādaśī fast in both fortnights; avoid harm to aquatic/boar life; follow proper drinking/ritual etiquette as taught in one’s tradition."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Discipline","Non-violence"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 211.47–48 (goal and worship); Varāha Purāṇa 211.51–52 (fault and accommodation)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha enumerates Ekādaśī prohibitions: fasting, avoiding conch-drinking, and refraining from killing fish and boars.","item_prompts":["Varāha teaching gesture","conch placed aside (not used for drinking)","fish and boar depicted unharmed","Ekādaśī moon symbol","fasting setting with empty plate"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Varāha instructing; conch near a water pot but untouched; stylized fish in a pond and a boar in forest margin; strong iconographic clarity.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold accents on conch and halo; symbolic animals (fish, boar) rendered auspiciously; Ekādaśī lunar emblem; devotional restraint theme.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant domestic shrine scene; conch and water vessel; gentle depiction of animals; calm didactic mood.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative vignette with small pond (fish) and woodland (boar); Varāha pointing to a list-like scroll of rules; moon overhead."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional, restrained","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"measured, precise, cautionary"}
FAQs
It exemplifies how vrata regulations combine dietary restraint with non-violence norms, indicating an integrated ethical-ritual framework in Purāṇic practice literature.
No geographic site is named; the verse is prescriptive rather than topographical.
Abstain from eating on Ekādaśī (in both lunar fortnights) and avoid harm to certain animals, aligning ritual observance with restraint and non-violence.
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