Varaha Purana 46.15: Adhyaya 46, Shloka 15
The Rite of the Āṣāḍha Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Fast and the Installation (Nyāsa) of the Fourfold Manifestation
एतां च द्वादशीं कृत्वा वासुदेवस्तथाप्तवान् । महतिं च श्रियं प्राप्तः पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः ॥ ४६.१५ ॥
etāṃ ca dvādaśīṃ kṛtvā vāsudevas tathāptavān | mahatiṃ ca śriyaṃ prāptaḥ putra-pautra-samanvitaḥ || 46.15 ||
เมื่อประกอบพิธีทวาทศีนี้โดยถูกต้องแล้ว วาสุเทวะก็ได้บรรลุผลนั้น ได้รับศรีอันยิ่งใหญ่และพร้อมด้วยบุตรและหลาน
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"krishna_connection":"Vāsudeva-name evokes Vaiṣṇava lineage and anticipates Kṛṣṇa/Vāsudeva devotion, but no Mathurā-līlā site is specified."}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"instruction_summary":"Observance of a specified Dvādaśī-vrata yields worldly prosperity and family continuity (sons and grandsons).","karmic_consequence":"Following: mahā-śrī and putra-pautra-sampad; breaking/neglect: implied loss of such fruits and diminished merit."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Dvādaśī-vrata (as taught in this section)","tithi_month":"Dvādaśī (month not stated in this verse; specified in the surrounding passage)","promised_fruit":"Great prosperity (śrī) and progeny (sons and grandsons)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-phala (ritual efficacy)","core_concept":"Dharma performed with faith yields both laukika (prosperity) and kula-santati (continuity of lineage).","practical_application":"Undertake the prescribed Dvādaśī observance with devotion and discipline, aiming at both ethical life and spiritual orientation."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Observance","Cultural Heritage"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: hṛdya
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa, same adhyāya on Dvādaśī-vidhi and its fruits (preceding/following verses)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as teacher narrates the fruit of a Dvādaśī observance, citing Vāsudeva’s attainment of prosperity and descendants.","item_prompts":["Varāha in didactic posture","palm-leaf manuscript or ritual implements","a royal figure (Vāsudeva) receiving blessings","symbols of prosperity (lakṣmī, grain, treasury)","children/grandchildren motif"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha seated as guru, warm earthy palette, stylized ornaments; a small vignette of a king receiving śrī and family blessings.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha-teacher with gold-leaf aura; side panel showing royal prosperity and lineage, heavy jewelry and embossed ornaments.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined linework, soft shading; Varāha instructing with calm expression, subtle depiction of Vāsudeva’s courtly prosperity.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical hillscape backdrop, Varāha teaching in a pavilion; miniature vignette of family continuity and royal fortune."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"assuring, didactic","suggested_raga":"Śrī (or Madhyamāvati for concluding phala-śruti tone)","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, explanatory, gently emphatic on phala terms (śriyam, putra-pautra)."}
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic literary pattern where specific calendrical observances (vratas) are linked to socially valued outcomes such as prosperity and familial continuity, indicating how ritual calendars were integrated into ethical and household life in premodern Sanskrit culture.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on the outcome (phala) of observing Dvādaśī.
The verse emphasizes disciplined observance of a prescribed vow/rite (Dvādaśī) as a model of ordered conduct, presenting prosperity and family continuity as culturally framed outcomes rather than as coercive mandates.
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