Varāha Mahā Purana
101 - Greatness of Rasadhenu
The priest said:
1. I shall now tell you about the rules of the gift of Rasa dhenu in brief.
2. On the floor smeared (with cow dung) place an antelope’s skin covered with kušha grass and over it a pot filled with sugarcane juice (and also the metal cow) and a calf of one-fourth its size on its side.
3. Its feet should be of sugarcane sticks and hoofs should be of silver.
4-5. The horns should be of gold, the tail of cloth, the udder of butter, the face and tongue of gur.
6. The teeth should be of fruits and back made of copper, the hairs of flower and eyes of pearl. It should be well decorated and scented with sandal paste.
7. Seven (different kinds of) cereals should be placed near it and lamps lit on the four sides.
8. Four vessels filled with sesamum should be placed one on each side.
9. The person desirous of heaven should make the gift of Rasadhenu.
10. The giver and the recipient attain the result of drinking the sacrificial soma juice if they fast for a day before the gift.
11. Those who see the gift being made also attain salvation.
12. With the mantras stated before, the donor should pray and then give it to the recipient.
13. Besides himself he leads to a permanent position in heaven ten generations of his ancestors and ten generations of his successors.
14. Thus I have told you, O king, about Rasadhenu. Follow it and attain supreme bliss.
15. He who reads this account every day or listens to it in reverence, goes to the world of Vishnu, being freed of all sins.
Summary of chapter 101 of the Varāha Mahā Purana is as follows:
Maharshi Pulastya describes the serene Dvaitavana forest and Aditi-tīrtha, where Mother Aditi performed severe penances to conceive Bhagavān Vishṇu as Vāmana Prabhu. The chapter extols the spiritual energy of this holy grove, where the noble Pandavas resided during their exile, finding spiritual strength and divine guidance through devout meditation upon the Supreme Divine.