Varaha Purana 17.28: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 28
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
तेषां विवादमानानां वह्निरुत्थाय पार्थिव । उवाच मां यजस्वेति ध्यायध्वं मामिति ब्रुवन् ॥ १७.२८ ॥
teṣāṃ vivadamānānāṃ vahnir utthāya pārthiva | uvāca māṃ yajasv eti dhyāyadhvaṃ mām iti bruvan || 17.28 ||
Als sie stritten, o König, erhob sich das Feuer und sprach: „Verehrt mich“ und „Meditiert über mich“, so redete es sie an.
Vahni (Agni, Fire)
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It reflects a Purāṇic narrative pattern in which a cosmic element (here, Agni/Fire) intervenes as an authoritative voice to regulate social or ritual disagreement, illustrating the integration of cosmology with normative cultural practice.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is framed as a courtly/narrative address to a “pārthiva” (king).
The verse emphasizes redirecting conflict (vivāda) toward disciplined practice—ritual offering (“worship me”) and contemplative attention (“meditate on me”)—as a stabilizing response to dispute.
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