Varaha Purana 170.45: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 45
The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship
including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics
तेनोक्तं भो इहागच्छ आतिथ्यं करवाणि ते ॥ पाद्यं गृहाण भोः पान्थ आसनं ते इदं शुभम् ॥
tenoktaṁ bho ihāgaccha ātithyaṁ karavāṇi te || pādyaṁ gṛhāṇa bhoḥ pāntha āsanaṁ te idaṁ śubham
طوطے نے کہا: “اے محترم، یہاں تشریف لائیے، میں آپ کی مہمان نوازی کروں گا۔ اے راہی، پاؤں دھونے کے لیے یہ پادْی (پانی) قبول کیجیے اور آپ کے لیے یہ مبارک آسن (نشست) ہے۔”
Śuka (the parrot, as speaking character in the narrative)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":true,"parikrama_context":"Hospitality to pilgrims/travelers is framed as part of sacred-site culture; no explicit parikrama named.","krishna_connection":"Implicit Vaiṣṇava ethos (guest treated as Viṣṇu), but no direct Kṛṣṇa-līlā reference."}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"A householder should receive an atithi with pādya (water for feet) and offer an āsana (seat) as basic hospitality.","karmic_consequence":"Merit accrues through honoring the atithi; neglect implies adharma (consequences detailed in later verses)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"dharma-ethics","core_concept":"Atithi-sevā as a concrete expression of dharma and Vaiṣṇava reverence.","practical_application":"Offer immediate, simple honors—water for washing feet and a clean seat—before any other engagement."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 170.51-54 (continuation on atithi-pūjā and consequences)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A speaking parrot (Śuka) courteously invites a weary traveler, offering foot-water and indicating an auspicious seat in a hermitage/house setting.","item_prompts":["green parrot perched near doorway","traveler with staff/waterpot","pādya vessel (water bowl)","simple āsana (mat/wooden seat)","gesture of invitation","threshold/house courtyard"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized Śuka-parrot with expressive eyes, warm earthy courtyard, ritual vessel for pādya, calm devotional ambience.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: ornate seat highlighted, bright textiles, gold accents on vessel and doorway motifs, parrot rendered jewel-like.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, soft shading, refined domestic interior, parrot and guest in poised, ethical tableau.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: hillside-ashram courtyard, lyrical composition, parrot on branch, traveler welcomed with simple mat and water bowl."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic-courteous","suggested_raga":"Śrī","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"warm, invitational, clear diction"}
FAQs
It preserves a classic hospitality protocol (pādya, āsana) central to Dharmaśāstra and narrative literature, showing how etiquette is dramatized in storytelling.
No named locale; the scene occurs at the previously described mountain/ravine setting.
Respectful reception of a guest—offering foot-water and a seat as basic components of atithi-satkāra.
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