Varaha Purana 113.27: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 27
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
शनैश्चरो बुधो नात्र न चेन्द्रो धनदो यमः ॥ वरुणोऽपि न विद्येत नान्ये केचिद्दिवौकसः
śanaiścaro budho nātra na cendro dhanado yamaḥ || varuṇo'pi na vidyeta nānye keciddivaukasaḥ
ليس هناك شَنَيْشْچَرَة (زحل) ولا بُدْهَة (عطارد)، ولا إندرا ولا دَهَنَدَة (كوبيـرا) ولا يَمَة. وحتى فَرُونَة لا يكون موجودًا، ولا أيّ كائنٍ سماويّ آخر.
Pṛthivī
FAQs
It documents a hierarchical inventory of devas and cosmic regulators, helping scholars trace how Purāṇic texts conceptualize governance of the cosmos.
No geographic place is named; the verse describes a condition in which even cosmic offices (Indra, etc.) are absent.
The passage relativizes authority: even the highest offices are depicted as conditional within cosmic cycles.
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