Varaha Purana 148.82 — Adhyaya 148, Shloka 82
The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline
एतत्स्तुतगिरेर्देवि माहात्म्यं कथितं मया॥ द्वापरं युगमासाद्य यत्र स्थास्यामि सुन्दरि॥
etat stutagirer devi māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ mayā || dvāparaṃ yugam āsādya yatra sthāsyāmi sundari ||
So, o Devī, habe ich die Größe von Stutagiri dargelegt. Wenn das Dvāpara-Zeitalter eintritt, werde ich dort verweilen, o Schöne.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"earth_interaction":"Varāha concludes the Stutagiri-māhātmya to Bhū-devī and foretells his abiding there in Dvāpara-yuga."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"receptive, reassured by the site’s sanctity","key_question":"What is the full greatness of Stutagiri, and what is your future relation to that place across yugas?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"Stutagiri","krishna_connection":"Foreshadowing via Dvāpara-yuga mention (the yuga of Kṛṣṇa), but no explicit Mathurā/Vraja linkage in this verse."}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The Lord’s ‘abiding’ at a tīrtha across yugas signals avatāra-presence as a continuing axis of grace (anugraha) anchored in sacred geography.","vedantic_connection":"Īśvara’s immanence: the same supreme reality becomes accessible through place and time without diminishing transcendence."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"bhakti + sacred geography","core_concept":"Kṣetras are not merely locations; they are enduring interfaces of divine accessibility across cosmic time.","practical_application":"Approach tīrthas with faith in living presence; treat pilgrimage as meeting-point of yuga-time and grace."}
Subject Matter: ["Sacred Geography","Yuga Chronology","Site Sanctity"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: sacred hill/kshetra
Related Themes: 148.148.7 (timing/procedure at the site); 149.1.0 (transition to next māhātmya section)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha completes the narration of Stutagiri’s greatness and gestures toward a vision of Dvāpara-yuga, indicating his future abiding at the hill.","item_prompts":["Varāha speaking to Bhū-devī","sacred hill with shrine","a subtle ‘time’ motif (wheel/kalachakra)","Dvāpara-yuga hinted via distant pastoral scene or emblematic banner"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Varāha in calm discourse; Bhū-devī listening; Stutagiri rendered as stylized hill-temple; a faint kala-chakra motif behind.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold haloed Varāha; ornate Bhū-devī; Stutagiri shrine; embossed kalachakra medallion labeled ‘Dvāpara’ symbolically.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant courtly composition; gentle gesture indicating future; subdued kalachakra in background; detailed hill foliage.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative landscape; hill in foreground; distant vignette suggesting another age; soft colors and lyrical spacing."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"concluding, reverent","suggested_raga":"Śrī","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"warm, prophetic, composed"}
FAQs
It functions as a colophon-like closure for a site-māhātmya, anchoring sacred geography within Purāṇic time (yuga) frameworks.
Stutagiri is explicitly named; modern identification is uncertain without additional contextual markers, but it is treated as a tīrtha-like sacred hill in the text.
The verse reinforces attentiveness to culturally significant places and their narratives as part of disciplined tradition-preservation.
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