Varaha Purana 3.28: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 28
Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa
सर्वस्य जगतः सृष्टिरेषैव प्रभुधर्मतः । एतन्मे प्राकृतं जन्म यन्मां पृच्छसि पार्थिव ॥ ३.२८ ॥
sarvasya jagataḥ sṛṣṭir eṣaiva prabhudharmataḥ | etan me prākṛtaṃ janma yan māṃ pṛcchasi pārthiva || 3.28 ||
«هذه حقًّا هي خلقة العالم كلّه، الناشئة من الطبيعة الذاتية للقدرة السيّدة. وهذا هو مولدي بحسب البركريتي (الطبيعة المادّية) الذي تسألني عنه، يا حاكم الأرض.»
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FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of framing cosmology as a dialogue, presenting creation as an ordered doctrine (sṛṣṭi) explained through an authoritative speaker, while using technical terms such as prākṛta (pertaining to prakṛti) to classify modes of manifestation.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the address “pārthiva” functions as a social-political epithet (“king/earthly ruler”) rather than a toponym.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction: creation and manifestation are presented as governed by an intrinsic order (dharma) of sovereign power, encouraging inquiry (pṛcchasi) and disciplined understanding rather than asserting a ritual or social command.
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