Varaha Purana 166.13 — Adhyaya 166, Shloka 13
The Greatness of the Sacred Pond Called Asikuṇḍa
जय विश्वेश कर्त्तेश जय देव नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ तीर्थैः स्तुतोऽहं वसुधे वचनं चेदमब्रुवम् ।
jaya viśveśa kartteśa jaya deva namo 'stu te || śrīvarāha uvāca || tīrthaiḥ stuto 'haṁ vasudhe vacanaṁ cedam abruvam |
“胜利归于宇宙之主、业行之主；胜利啊，天神——向你致敬。”圣野猪（Śrī Varāha）说道：“诸圣渡处如此赞颂我，噢瓦苏达（Vasudhā，大地），于是我说了这些话。”
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"dialogue","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Addresses Vasudhā directly within a dialogic frame; receives praise mediated by the tīrthas."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"attentive, receptive to narration about sacred places","key_question":"Implicit frame-setting: what response will Varāha give after being praised by the tīrthas, and how will it affect Earth and her tīrthas?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"Indirect only: Vaiṣṇava narrative frame that will soon move toward Mathurā."}
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"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"theology of sacred space","core_concept":"Tīrthas are not inert sites; they participate in dharmic order and can invoke divine protection through stuti.","practical_application":"Approach pilgrimage places with reverence and ethical responsibility, seeing them as living nodes of dharma."}
Subject Matter: ["Dialogue Frame","Sacred Geography","Narrative Theology"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: sacred network (tīrtha-mandala)
Related Themes: 166.16.0 (boon request follows); 166.18.0 (Varāha acts for tīrthas; Mathurā entry)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha in regal divine presence receiving hymnic praise from personified tīrthas, then turning to speak to Earth (Vasudhā).","item_prompts":["Varāha as Viṣṇu-incarnation with aura","personified tīrthas as sages/river-deities with water pots","Vasudhā/Bhūdevī listening","gesture of blessing and speech (abhaya/varada mudrā)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: frontal Varāha with luminous halo, tīrtha-deities in orderly rows holding kamaṇḍalu, Bhūdevī seated respectfully; rich reds/ochres, stylized eyes.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with heavy gold halo and ornaments, embossed tīrtha figures with kalasha, Bhūdevī at side; gold-leaf emphasis on divinity and stuti.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: delicate linework, soft shading; Varāha speaking, tīrthas in devotional posture, Bhūdevī attentive; palace-like compositional symmetry.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical landscape with river-banks suggesting tīrthas; Varāha as blue-golden divine figure, Bhūdevī in gentle profile; minimal architecture, poetic space."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"maṅgala-stuti leading into kathā","suggested_raga":"Madhyamāvati","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"reverent, proclamatory on ‘jaya’, then narrative-calm on ‘uvāca’"}
FAQs
It preserves the common Purāṇic dialogue architecture (speaker tags like ‘uvāca’) valuable for manuscript segmentation and oral-performance cues.
The immediate verse addresses Vasudhā (Earth) rather than a site; Mathurā is established as the setting in the surrounding verses of the same chapter.
The verse emphasizes accountable speech in response to communal praise—an ethic of measured reply within a dialogic teaching format.
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