Varaha Purana 49.26 — Adhyaya 49, Shloka 26
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
कृते संवत्सरे भक्तिं हरेः कृत्वा विचक्षणः । संवत्सरार्धं त्रेतायां सममेतन्न संशयः ॥ ४९.२६ ॥
kṛte saṃvatsare bhaktiṃ hareḥ kṛtvā vicakṣaṇaḥ | saṃvatsarārdhaṃ tretāyāṃ samam etan na saṃśayaḥ || 49.26 ||
明慧之人若在克利多（Kṛta）时代修持对哈利的虔敬一年，其所得果报等同——毫无疑问——于在特雷塔（Tretā）时代修持半年。
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"inquisitive; seeking clarity on yuga-based gradations of practice","key_question":"How does the efficacy of bhakti change across yugas, and what does that imply for effort and accessibility?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"Bhakti to Hari yields yuga-scaled results: one year in Kṛta equals half a year in Tretā (as stated).","karmic_consequence":"Right practice yields equivalent fruit with differing durations depending on yuga; implies increasing ‘ease’ of attainment as yugas progress (expanded in next verse)."}
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":"yuga-dharma / gradation of sādhana","core_concept":"Spiritual ‘effort-to-fruit’ ratios vary by cosmic age; discernment adapts practice to time and capacity.","practical_application":"Do not despair about diminished capacities in later ages; choose the most effective sādhana for one’s yuga (expanded: nāma in Kali)."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Devotional discipline","Yuga theory"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
Type: cosmological time (yuga)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 49.49.27 (Dvāpara 3 months; Kali mere utterance)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha teaches a yuga-comparison: a visual tableau of four yugas as panels or symbols, with a devotee practicing bhakti for differing durations.","item_prompts":["four yuga symbols (Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, Kali)","time markers (sun/moon cycles, calendar scroll)","devotee in meditation/worship","Varāha as teacher pointing to a comparative chart"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: segmented frieze of yugas with distinct color codes; Varāha instructing; stylized time-wheel (kāla-cakra).","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-embossed kāla-cakra behind Varāha; four small medallions for yugas; devotional figure repeated with varying ‘duration’ motifs.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: classical didactic composition with a painted manuscript/chart; subtle gold; calm scholarly ambience.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: charming narrative panels with captions for yugas; delicate landscape shifts to indicate time; Varāha as narrator at top corner."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional, measured","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, analytical"}
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic and Dharma-śāstric motif: the comparative potency of spiritual practice across the yugas, illustrating how later ages are often portrayed as requiring different durations or intensities of practice to reach comparable outcomes.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is temporal (Kṛta and Tretā yugas) rather than spatial.
The verse promotes disciplined devotion (bhakti) and discernment (vicakṣaṇa) by emphasizing sustained practice and framing it within a yuga-based ethical-temporal model of effort and result.
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