Varaha Purana 217.22: Adhyaya 217, Shloka 22
Eulogy of the Merits (Phalaśruti) of the Dharāṇī–Varāha Dialogue
कीर्तयित्वा व्रजेत्त्वर्गं कल्यमुत्थाय मानवः ॥ सूत उवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्देवः परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिः ॥
kīrtayitvā vrajet svargaṃ kalyam utthāya mānavaḥ || sūta uvāca || ity uktvā bhagavān devaḥ parameṣṭhī prajāpatiḥ ||
ครั้นประกาศ/สรรเสริญแล้ว มนุษย์ผู้ตื่นขึ้นในยามเป็นมงคลย่อมไปสู่สวรรค์ สุทกล่าวว่า: ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ผู้เป็นเทพอันประเสริฐ—ปรเมษฐิน ผู้เป็นประชาปติ—
Sūta
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,"instruction_summary":"Proclaiming/reciting the teaching and rising at an auspicious time is presented as a meritorious act leading to svarga.","karmic_consequence":"Merit culminating in heaven (svarga-gamana) is promised for the performer."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-phala (merit through śravaṇa/kīrtana)","core_concept":"Speech/recitation aligned with auspicious discipline becomes a vehicle of uplift.","practical_application":"Maintain regular recitation/proclamation of dharmic text and begin the day at a śubha-muhūrta with sattvic intent."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adhbhuta
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: concluding phalaśruti-style statements near the end of the text
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Sūta concludes a discourse: a calm assembly scene where the narrator marks the end of a teaching and hints at heavenly reward for the listener/reciter.","item_prompts":["Sūta seated on vyāsāsana","listeners with folded hands","palm-leaf manuscript","dawn light indicating kalyam-utthāya","subtle celestial motif (svarga) in background"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Sūta in traditional attire on a raised seat, warm earthy palette, dawn glow, minimal celestial symbols behind.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: Sūta with ornate arch, gold-leaf halo accents, manuscript emphasized, soft dawn gradient.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: refined linework, gentle expressions of śānta, manuscript and prayerful audience, subdued dawn tones.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: hillside āśrama assembly, delicate faces, pale dawn sky, manuscript central, restrained ornament."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"concluding, benedictory","suggested_raga":"Madhyamāvati","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, clear, gently uplifting"}
FAQs
It preserves a typical Purāṇic redactional feature: a shift to the Sūta frame and colophon-like closure language used by compilers and scribes.
No geographic location is identified in this fragment.
The verse associates disciplined recitation and auspicious daily routine with culturally valued outcomes, reflecting normative ideals of conduct.
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