Vinītāśva, eager to understand the fruits of sacred gifts, asked the venerable priest, “Does one who offers these gifts truly attain heaven, O best of Brāhmaṇas? Please tell me, for I wish to know.” The priest, wise in the ancient rites, responded, “Listen closely, O king. Four kuḍavas make one prastha, as the learned have declared. When preparing the ritual cow, it should be composed of sixteen parts, and with four parts, a calf is fashioned. Upon the cow’s tail, a bell ornament adorned with jewels should be arranged, and a bronze vessel should be set aside for milking. Its hooves, as prescribed before, should be made of silver. The cow must be clothed in a garment made of black antelope skin, delightful and auspicious to behold. Fill it with all medicinal herbs and purify it with sacred mantras before presenting it. Let all be accomplished as required, for the sesame cow is to be offered to the twice-born. O goddess, accept from me this sesame cow; I bow to you in reverence. Know this, O king: whoever performs this rite is freed from all sin and attains the world of Vishnu. Now, let me describe for you the procedure for the gift of the water-cow, to be performed on an auspicious day, following the prescribed rites. In the center of the ritual space, a full pot should be placed. The cow should be prepared, its body scented with fragrant waters. A vessel for increase, adorned with mechanical flowers, should be set nearby. Into the pot, deposit five gems, O king, along with the fruit of the dhatri tree, mustard seeds, and all manner of grains. Prepare one vessel filled with ghee, and another with curds. The cow itself should have a golden mouth and eyes, with horns black in color. Its back is to be made of copper, and the vessel for milking should be bronze, furnished with darbha grass fibers. Lay it upon a blanket, adorn it with a garland of flowers, fashion its mouth from jaggery, and its teeth from shells. You should also prepare a cow formed from sugarcane, adorned with fragrant blossoms. After worshipping this sacred form with flowers, offer it to a Brahmin—a virtuous one, learned in the Vedas, and who maintains the sacred fire. O king, whoever gives, sees, or even hears of this ritual—be he a slayer of a Brahmin, a killer of parents, a destroyer of cows, a drinker of liquor, or one who has approached his teacher’s wife—is freed from all sins and attains the world of Vishnu. O ruler of men, whoever gives the water-cow in its entirety, even the receiver of the gift should remain for three nights—of this there is no doubt. Where the Apsaras sing in heaven, there go the givers of the water-cow. Freed from all sins, they attain union with Vishnu. Indeed, one who has mastered his senses and performs this rite attains heaven. Thus concludes the hundredth chapter of the glorious Varaha Purana, in the story of Shvetavinitaashva, describing the procedure for the water-cow. Now, O king, hear of the greatness of the gift of the rasa-cow, and how it is to be prepared. One should take a pot of rasa and another filled with sugarcane juice. Place a calf at its side, made with a fourth part of the whole. Thus should the rasa-cow be fashioned, with feet of sugarcane, golden horns and ornaments, a cloth for a tail, and udders filled with ghee. Its teeth should be made of fruit, and its back, auspicious and fashioned of copper. Adorn it with seven grains of rice, making it radiant in all four directions. Place four bowls of sesame in the four quarters, thus completing the sacred gift. Such are the rites, O king, by which one is purified and attains the blessed worlds, as declared in the ancient Purana.