Varaha Purana 100.13 — Adhyaya 100, Shloka 13
Ritual Procedure for the Donation of the ‘Water-Cow’
Jaladhenu
यो ददाति नरो राजन् यः पश्यति शृणोति च ॥ प्रतिगृह्णाति यो विप्रः सर्वे मुच्यन्ति पातकात्
yo dadāti naro rājan yaḥ paśyati śṛṇoti ca || pratigṛhṇāti yo vipraḥ sarve mucyanti pātakāt
اے بادشاہ! جو شخص دان دیتا ہے، جو اسے دیکھتا اور سنتا ہے، اور جو برہمن اسے قبول کرتا ہے—یہ سب کے سب گناہ سے رہائی پاتے ہیں۔
Varāha (default, not explicitly marked in this fragment)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"None","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"dana","instruction_summary":"In dhenu-dāna, the giver, the witnesses/hearers, and the accepting brāhmaṇa all share in purification from sin.","karmic_consequence":"Participation with proper roles and consent leads to release from pāpa; corrupt participation (e.g., unworthy acceptance) is implicitly cautioned against by pātra rules in prior verses."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma and saṅga (association)","core_concept":"Merit and purification can extend through dharmic participation—doing, witnessing, and consenting within a righteous rite.","practical_application":"Support good acts: give, facilitate, witness, and affirm dharmic giving; cultivate communities where righteous transactions are publicly upheld."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual gifting (dāna)","Social roles in ritual"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 100.9–13 (defines the rite and proper recipient)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A public dāna ceremony: the donor offers, witnesses observe and listen, and the brāhmaṇa recipient accepts—an atmosphere of collective purification.","item_prompts":["giver with joined hands","recipient brāhmaṇa receiving","assembled witnesses seated","ritual fire or lamp","conch/bell","flowers scattered","water vessel for sealing the gift"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: group composition with rhythmic rows of witnesses; central exchange highlighted; lamps and floral motifs; solemn, purifying palette.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: ceremonial assembly with gold-leaf accents on lamps, jewelry, and cloth; central dāna moment framed by ornate pillars.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: balanced court-ritual scene; detailed faces of witnesses; subtle glow from lamp/fire emphasizing purification.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: community gathering in a pavilion; soft colors; narrative emphasis on the three roles (giver, witness, receiver)."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"assuring, merit-proclaiming","suggested_raga":"Ānandabhairavī","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"sonorous, concluding, benedictive"}
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic pattern of linking ritual gifting (dāna) with moral accounting, extending merit beyond the donor to participants such as witnesses and recipients.
No geographic site is named in this verse.
It frames generosity and communal participation in a donation rite as ethically consequential, emphasizing shared responsibility and shared benefit.
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