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
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 ||
সেই সময়ে রৌদ্র-সর্গের উৎপত্তি তৎক্ষণাৎই ঘটে। এখন, হে পার্থিবসত্তম, তুমি রুদ্র-সর্গের বিবরণ শোনো।
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"attentive; following sequential cosmogony","key_question":"What is the Raudra/Rudra-sarga, and how does it arise immediately within the unfolding creation?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"cosmology/psychology of guṇas","core_concept":"Raudra-sarga signifies the emergence of a fierce transformative principle within creation—often linked to tamas/rajas dynamics and dissolution/renewal impulses.","practical_application":"Recognize ‘raudra’ energy as potentially purifying when governed by dharma; channel intensity into tapas and restraint rather than harm."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Genealogy of Creation","Narrative Framing"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: cosmic/temporal frame
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 21.21.24–26 (Rudra’s tapas, awakening, and anger)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha pauses the narrative to announce the immediate arising of Raudra-creation and invites the listener to hear the Rudra-sarga account.","item_prompts":["Varāha gesturing as narrator","scroll/banner reading 'Rudra-sarga'","cosmic transition motif (storm clouds over ordered cosmos)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Varāha in teaching stance, background shifting from serene blues to darker raudra tones, stylized cloud/energy forms indicating Rudra-sarga.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-highlighted title cartouche 'Rudra-sarga', Varāha with raised hand (abhaya/teaching), dramatic dark enamel-like backdrop.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined calligraphic paneling; Varāha pointing to a painted manuscript page labeled Rudra-sarga.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: storyteller Varāha with attendants; distant mountains and gathering clouds symbolizing raudra emergence."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"announcing, anticipatory","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"firm, slightly heightened to mark transition"}
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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