Varaha Purana 42.6 — Adhyaya 42, Shloka 6
Ritual Procedure for the Phālguna Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Narasiṃha Worship, with the Narrative of King Vatsa
एवं कृते फलं प्राप्तं यत् पुरा पार्थिवेन तु । तस्याहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि वत्सनाम्ना महामुने ॥ ४२.६ ॥
evaṃ kṛte phalaṃ prāptaṃ yat purā pārthivena tu | tasyāhaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi vatsanāmnā mahāmune || 42.6 ||
Khi làm đúng như vậy, sẽ đạt được kết quả mà xưa kia một vị vua đã nhận được; về kết quả ấy, nay ta sẽ thuật lại đầy đủ, hỡi bậc Đại Muni, dưới danh xưng “Vatsa”.
Varāha
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Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","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: ["Ethics","Heritage Sites","Narrative Framing"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: narrative-space (āśrama discourse implied)
Related Themes: 42.42.4-5 (the rite whose fruit is now narrated); 42.42.7-8 (beginning of Vatsa’s story)
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FAQs
It functions as a narrative transition typical of Purāṇic literature, introducing an exemplum (a precedent involving a king) to validate a claimed result (phala) through remembered tradition rather than a standalone assertion.
No geographic site is explicitly named in this verse; it introduces a figure or episode associated with the name ‘Vatsa,’ which in broader Sanskrit usage can relate to the Vatsa region/kingdom, but this identification is not confirmed by the verse alone.
The verse foregrounds an evidence-by-precedent method: outcomes (phala) are presented as grounded in earlier exemplars (here, a king’s prior attainment), encouraging evaluation of practice through narrated precedent and accountable explanation.
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