Varaha Purana 112.18 — Adhyaya 112, Shloka 18
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
दूरात्ते परिहर्त्तव्याः श्वभिस्तुल्या इवाध्वरे ॥ पर्वकाले हि सर्वे वै वर्जिताः पितृदैवतैः ॥
dūrāt te pariharttavyāḥ śvabhis tulyā ivādhvare || parva-kāle hi sarve vai varjitāḥ pitṛ-daivataiḥ ||
قربانی/یَجْن کے سیاق میں انہیں دور ہی سے پرہیز کرنا چاہیے، گویا وہ کتّوں کے مانند ہوں۔ کیونکہ پَروَکال میں وہ سب پِتر اور دیوتا کے رسوم میں واقعی ممنوع ٹھہرتے ہیں۔
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","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":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"At parva-kāla and in adhvara (sacrificial settings), certain persons are to be kept at a distance and treated as ritually excluded.","karmic_consequence":"Observing exclusion preserves pitṛ-devatā rites and ritual purity; violating it is implied to obstruct/taint ancestral-divine offerings and their efficacy."}
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":"ritual-ethics","core_concept":"Ritual time (parvan) intensifies purity requirements; social contact becomes a dharmic act affecting unseen beneficiaries (pitṛs/devatās).","practical_application":"During śrāddha/parvan rites, maintain prescribed distance and avoid prohibited associations to protect the rite’s intended recipients."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Culture"]
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: ritual arena
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 112.19–23 (expansion: non-conversation, non-acceptance, naraka and rebirth outcomes)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A sacrificial enclosure at parva-kāla where officiants keep ritually excluded persons at a distance, emphasizing boundary and purity.","item_prompts":["yajña-vedi (altar)","sacrificial fire","ṛtvij/priest figures","boundary line/rope","figures kept afar","parvan markers (moon/solar junction symbolism)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: warm ochres and greens; a stylized yajña-vedi with priests near agni, and distant shadowed figures beyond a clear boundary; emphasis on ritual geometry.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central glowing agni with gold-leaf aura; priests in rich garments; a gilded boundary motif separating excluded figures; ornate parvan iconography (crescent/full moon).","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: refined linework; calm ritual scene with clear spatial separation; subtle expressions of caution and restraint; detailed vedi and utensils.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: hillside-ashram setting adapted to a yajña scene; delicate figures and narrative spacing showing ‘avoid from afar’; cool palette with a luminous fire."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"admonitory","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"firm, didactic"}
FAQs
It captures how ritual time (parvan) and ritual space (adhvara) are regulated in normative textual traditions, informing the study of social-ritual history.
No geographic location is identified.
It prescribes avoidance/exclusion rules during ritual contexts, presenting them as part of maintaining ritual order.
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