Varaha Purana 21.53 — Adhyaya 21, Shloka 53
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
तत्रैकं मुकुटोद्बद्धं मूर्द्धन्यं जटजालकम् । एकं प्रध्मापयच्छङ्खमन्यड्डुमरुकं शुभम् ॥ २१.५४ ॥
tatraikaṁ mukuṭodbaddhaṁ mūrddhanyaṁ jaṭajālakam | ekaṁ pradhmāpayacchaṅkham anyaḍ ḍumarukaṁ śubham || 21.54 ||
وہاں ایک صورت کے سر پر تاج سے بندھا ہوا جٹاجال تھا۔ ایک شंख پھونک رہا تھا؛ اور دوسرا مبارک ڈمرُو تھامے ہوئے تھا۔
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
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":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
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"}
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Subject Matter: ["Iconography","Material Culture","Ritual Sound Instruments","Sacred Aesthetics"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: iconographic tableau within narrative
Related Themes: 21.21.55-56 (further iconographic contrasts: Kaustubha vs bhasma, etc.)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"descriptive and vivid","suggested_raga":"Hamsadhwani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, articulate, slightly demonstrative on instrument-words"}
FAQs
It preserves a compact iconographic catalogue (mukuṭa/jaṭā, śaṅkha, ḍamaru) useful for correlating Purāṇic narrative description with the history of South Asian religious art and ritual performance, especially the depiction of divine or semi-divine figures with identifying attributes.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions as descriptive narration rather than sacred-geography (tīrtha) identification.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its primary function is descriptive, foregrounding culturally significant attributes (ornamentation and ritual instruments) that signal identity and auspiciousness within the narrative.
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