Varaha Purana 21.22: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 22
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
Pūrva Bhāga · Cosmogonic Narratives (Sarga/Creation Accounts)
रौद्रसर्गस्य सम्भूतिस्तदा सद्योऽपि जायते । इदानीं रुद्रसर्गं त्वं शृणु पार्थिवसत्तम ॥ २१.२३ ॥
raudrasargasya sambhūtis tadā sadyo ’pi jāyate | idānīṁ rudrasargaṁ tvaṁ śṛṇu pārthiva-sattama || 21.23 ||
raudrasargasya saMbhUtistadA sadyo.api jAyate | idAnIM rudrasargaM tvaM shrRRiNu pArthivasattama || 21.23 ||
إن نشوء الخلق الراؤدري (Raudra-sarga) يحدث في ذلك الوقت، بل على الفور. والآن، يا أفضلَ ملوكِ الأرض، استمع إلى خبر خلقِ رُدرا (Rudra-sarga).
Sandhi Notes
- सद्योऽपि = सद्यः + अपि (ः + अ → ’)
Varāha
Attentive; following sequential cosmogony
What is the Raudra/Rudra-sarga, and how does it arise immediately within the unfolding creation?
Raudra-sarga signifies the emergence of a fierce transformative principle within creation—often linked to tamas/rajas dynamics and dissolution/renewal impulses.
Recognize ‘raudra’ energy as potentially purifying when governed by dharma; channel intensity into tapas and restraint rather than harm.
Varāha Purāṇa 21.21.24–26 (Rudra’s tapas, awakening, and anger)
FAQs
It functions as a narrative transition typical of Purāṇic composition, signaling a new cosmogonic subsection (Rudra-sarga) and reflecting the text’s layered sarga-based organization used to systematize creation accounts.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a structural cue introducing a cosmological narrative segment.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse emphasizes attentive reception of instruction (śṛṇu, “listen”), a common pedagogical framing device in Sanskrit didactic literature.
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