Varaha Purana 167.8 — Adhyaya 167, Shloka 8
The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation
यथा मातरमाश्रित्य सर्वे जीवन्ति जन्तवः ॥ एवं गार्हस्थ्यमाश्रित्य सर्वे जीवन्ति जन्तवः ॥
yathā mātaram āśritya sarve jīvanti jantavaḥ || evaṃ gārhasthyam āśritya sarve jīvanti jantavaḥ ||
Như mọi loài hữu tình sống nhờ nương tựa nơi người mẹ, cũng vậy, mọi loài hữu tình sống nhờ nương tựa nơi dharma của gia chủ (gārhasthya).
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Varāha instructs Bhūmi by analogy (mother : beings :: gārhasthya : beings), framing Earth as listener/recipient of dharma-teaching."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious, receptive to dharma-instruction","key_question":"How do the āśramas mutually depend on one another, and why is gārhasthya considered the sustaining base?"}
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":"All āśramas are sustained by the gṛhastha; therefore householders must uphold support-duties (hospitality, dana, maintenance of dependents and ritual fires).","karmic_consequence":"Upholding gārhasthya-dharma sustains social-religious order and yields merit through support of yajña, guests, and dependents; neglect destabilizes dharma and accrues demerit through failure of obligatory support."}
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":"dharma-ethics / social ontology","core_concept":"Interdependence (āśrama-sāhāyya): the householder is the economic-ritual substrate enabling renunciation and study.","practical_application":"Honor and strengthen household duties—earning honestly, feeding dependents/guests, supporting students/ascetics, sustaining rites—so higher pursuits can exist without hypocrisy."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social interdependence","Āśrama theory"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: vātsalya
Type: didactic setting (purāṇic dialogue-space)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: gārhasthya-stuti passages within the dharma-kathā of this adhyāya (contextual continuity)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as a divine teacher addressing Vasundharā, illustrating the mother-and-creatures analogy as a didactic tableau.","item_prompts":["Varāha seated in calm teaching posture","Bhūdevī listening with folded hands","symbolic vignette: mother with children (small inset)","household scene: gārhapatya fire, guests being fed (small inset)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: serene Varāha-guru with ornate crown, Bhūdevī in traditional jewelry, warm earthy palette, inset motifs of mother/children and sacred fire.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: gold-leaf haloed Varāha teaching, Bhūdevī seated, embossed ornaments, small gold-highlighted gārhapatya fire and offering vessels.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting: delicate linework, subdued colors, Varāha in gentle upadeśa mudrā, Bhūdevī attentive, minimal inset household symbols.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature: intimate dialogue scene under a stylized tree, soft hills, small narrative inset of mother with children and a simple hearth-fire."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic, contemplative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, instructive, warm"}
FAQs
It articulates a social-interdependence model typical of Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra discourse, using kinship imagery to explain institutional support.
No location is specified in this verse.
Ethical life is framed as mutually sustaining: householders are depicted as enabling wider societal continuity.
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