Varaha Purana 149.33 — Adhyaya 149, Shloka 33
The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā
असम्प्राप्ते च गृह्णन्ति एवमेतन्न संशयः ॥ पापकर्मरतस्यापि न गृह्णन्ति जलं प्रति ॥
asamprāpte ca gṛhṇanti evam etan na saṁśayaḥ || pāpakarmaratasya api na gṛhṇanti jalaṁ prati ||
جب نذر و نیاز شرعی طریقے سے حاصل ہو تو وہ اسے قبول کرتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ مگر جو شخص گناہ کے اعمال میں مشغول ہو، اس سے وہ پانی کی پیشکش بھی قبول نہیں کرتے۔
Varāha (default, instructional voice)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"Prabhāsa (implied continuation of the tīrtha context)"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"shraddha","instruction_summary":"Pitṛs accept offerings only when properly obtained/offered; for one intent on sin, they do not accept even water.","karmic_consequence":"Properly acquired, dhārmic offerings yield acceptance and fruit; sinful livelihood/intent blocks śrāddha efficacy and deprives both offerer and ancestors."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Ritual is ethically ‘wired’: the moral quality of the agent conditions the subtle reception—purity is the true ‘carrier’ of the offering.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Water (jala) as minimal offering still fails without dharma; acceptance is the unseen ‘devatā/pitṛ’ response that validates yajña.","vedantic_connection":"Karma’s fruit depends on saṅkalpa and dharmic means; outer rite without inner/ethical purity is ineffective (alignment of antaḥkaraṇa with action)."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethics-of-ritual","core_concept":"Dharma is the prerequisite for ritual efficacy; purity of conduct and acquisition (śuddhi of means) governs acceptance.","practical_application":"Earn and procure śrāddha materials righteously, avoid habitual sin, and perform offerings with clean intent; otherwise refrain and first reform."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice","Tīrtha Traditions"]
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: tīrtha / śrāddha-performance locale
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 149.35 (piṇḍa offering instruction)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A śrāddha scene split in contrast: a righteous offerer whose water and piṇḍa are received by subtle pitṛ-forms, and a sinful offerer whose water is refused, falling back into the stream.","item_prompts":["two contrasting offerers (pure vs. impure)","water libation (arghya)","subtle pitṛ silhouettes receiving/refusing","kuśa grass and pātra","clear vs. darkened aura around figures"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dual-panel composition, symbolic pitṛ figures in the upper register, strong color contrast for purity/impurity, ornate ritual implements.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-highlighted righteous panel with receiving pitṛs; muted panel for refusal; embossed vessels and halos.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: nuanced facial expressions showing sincerity vs. hardness, subtle ethereal pitṛ presence, refined ritual detail.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative miniature with two scenes side-by-side, delicate pitṛ forms in clouds, clear moral contrast through color and posture."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"grave and admonitory","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"firm, cautionary, emphasizing ‘na gṛhṇanti’"}
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical framework in which ritual efficacy is tied to moral conduct, illustrating how tīrtha and śrāddha-style offerings were discussed within medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific location is named in this verse; it functions as a general ethical-ritual rule within a larger tīrtha-oriented chapter.
Ritual offerings are portrayed as ethically conditioned: persistent wrongdoing undermines the acceptance/effect of even minimal offerings such as water.
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