Varaha Purana 147.17 — Adhyaya 147, Shloka 17
The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa
the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release
सोऽपि दुःखेन सन्तप्तः सर्वलोकान्भ्रमिष्यति॥ एवमौरवेन दत्ते तु शापे तस्मिन्महौजसि॥
so 'pi duḥkhena santaptaḥ sarvalokān bhramiṣyati || evam auraveṇa datte tu śāpe tasmin mahaujasi ||
وہ بھی غم کی آگ میں جلتا ہوا تمام جہانوں میں بھٹکتا پھرے گا۔ یوں اوروَ نے اس عظیم الشان پر لعنت کا شاپ صادر کیا۔
Aurva (curse statement); narrative frame by Varāha (default)
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":"observer","bhu_devi_state":"uneasy; witnessing karmic machinery activate through a curse","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":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"A śāpa issued in grief can impose severe wandering-suffering; therefore restraint and later atonement/appeasement are implied safeguards around ascetic speech.","karmic_consequence":"Cursing binds the target to duḥkha-bhramaṇa (wandering in sorrow); misuse of such power rebounds as loss of merit and future suffering for the curser unless rectified."}
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 agency","core_concept":"Intention-laden speech (especially from tapas) becomes a causal force shaping destinies; grief can weaponize that force.","practical_application":"Cultivate kṣamā and viveka before invoking spiritual authority; when harmed, seek restoration through dharmic means rather than irreversible pronouncements."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Karma and Consequence","Power of Ascetic Speech"]
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Type: tapas-site turned juridical arena
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 147.16–17 (grief→anger→speech)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Aurva completes the curse; the air seems to darken as the destined wanderer’s path across worlds is implied—cosmic layers faintly visible behind the ruined āśrama.","item_prompts":["sage in curse-posture (raised hand/firm stance)","subtle cosmic spheres/planes in background","smoke and ash foreground","a shadowy figure or silhouette representing the cursed one","script-like aura around spoken words"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Ritualized curse gesture; layered mandala-like worlds behind; stylized smoke; strong linework to show vāk-śakti emanation.","tanjore_prompt":"Gold-embossed concentric world-disks behind the sage; dramatic dark ruins; luminous aura around the pronouncing mouth/hand.","mysore_prompt":"Balanced composition: sage foreground, faint cosmological backdrop; refined expression showing sorrow mixed with resolve.","pahari_prompt":"Narrative suggestion of ‘many worlds’ via stacked hills/cloud bands; minimal figures; emphasis on the curse’s solemnity over spectacle."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"solemn, ominous","suggested_raga":"Darbari Kanada","pace":"slow-medium","voice_tone":"grave, resonant, authoritative"}
FAQs
Curses in Purāṇic literature function as narrative representations of moral causality and the authority attributed to ascetics as custodians of social-ethical order.
The phrase “all worlds” (sarvalokān) is cosmological rather than geographic; it does not identify a terrestrial site.
It conveys that destructive acts provoke far-reaching consequences, and that grief and anger can be formalized into punitive speech with enduring effects.
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