Varaha Purana 70.33: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 33
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
ते तं प्रणम्य देवेशमूचुश्च परमेश्वरम् । देवदेव जनः सर्वो मुक्तिमार्गे व्यवस्थितः । कथं सृष्टिः प्रभविता नरकेषु च को वसेत् ॥ ७०.३३ ॥
te taṃ praṇamya deveśam ūcuś ca parameśvaram | devadeva janaḥ sarvo muktimārge vyavasthitaḥ | kathaṃ sṛṣṭiḥ prabhavitā narakeṣu ca ko vaset || 70.33 ||
فانحنَوا ساجدين لسيّد الآلهة، وقالوا للربّ الأعلى: «يا إلهَ الآلهة—إن كان الناسُ جميعًا قائمين على طريق الخلاص، فكيف تنشأ الخليقة، ومن ذا يسكن عوالم الجحيم؟»
Unspecified devotees/inquirers addressing Varāha (default dialogue framework: Varāha as instructor)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic pedagogical pattern: interlocutors raise a rational tension between liberation-oriented doctrine and the continued existence of cosmological structures (creation and punitive realms), prompting systematic explanation.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is conceptual (sṛṣṭi and naraka) rather than sacred geography.
The verse frames an ethical-philosophical inquiry: if liberation is the intended human telos, why do conditions for suffering (e.g., naraka) persist—inviting a discussion of moral causality, responsibility, and cosmological order.
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