Varaha Purana 29.2: Adhyaya 29, Shloka 2
The Birth and Marriages of the Direction-Goddesses and the Daśamī Observance
ब्रह्मणः सृजतः सृष्टिमादिसर्गे समुत्थिते । चिन्ताभून्महती को मे प्रजाः सृष्टा धरिष्यति ॥ २९.२ ॥
brahmaṇaḥ sṛjataḥ sṛṣṭim ādisarge samutthite | cintābhūn mahatī ko me prajāḥ sṛṣṭā dhariṣyati || 29.2 ||
ব্ৰহ্মাই সৃষ্টিৰ সৃষ্টি কৰোঁতে, আদিসৰ্গ উদ্ভৱ হোৱাৰ পাছত, এক মহা চিন্তা জাগিল—“মই সৃষ্টি কৰা প্ৰজাসকলক কোনে ধৰি-পালি ৰাখিব?”
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It reflects a common Purāṇic cosmogonic motif: creation is followed by the question of maintenance (dhāraṇa/pālana), situating the narrative within broader Sanskrit discussions of cosmic functions such as creation, preservation, and regulation.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed as a cosmological episode within the primordial creation (ādisarga).
Implicitly, the verse foregrounds responsibility after origination: the act of bringing beings into existence is paired with the obligation of sustaining and supporting them (dhariṣyati), a principle that can be read as a philosophical instruction about stewardship and care.
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