Varaha Purana 21.49: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 49
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
परमेष्ठिगुणैर्युक्तो लघुवद्भीतितः पुरा । नमस्कं कुरुते मोघं पृथिव्यां पद्मजः स्वयम् ॥ २१.५० ॥
parameṣṭhi-guṇair yukto laghuvad bhītitaḥ purā | namaskaṃ kurute moghaṃ pṛthivyāṃ padmajaḥ svayam || 21.50 ||
পৰমেষ্ঠীৰ গুণেৰে যুক্ত পদ্মজ ব্ৰহ্মা স্বয়ংও, পূৰ্বে লঘুৰ দৰে ভয় কৰি, পৃথিৱীত বৃথাই নমস্কাৰ কৰে।
Varāha (default, as speaker not explicit in fragment)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative strategy: portraying even high cosmic figures (e.g., Brahmā as Padmaja) as acting with deference, thereby situating authority and hierarchy within the text’s cosmological frame.
No specific pilgrimage site or identifiable geographic toponym is named here; the reference is general to pṛthivī (the Earth) rather than a localized sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds humility and the limits of status or power; it depicts reverence as a recognized cultural-philosophical value, while also noting the possibility of actions becoming “mogha” (fruitless) without proper context or efficacy.
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