Varaha Purana 17.71: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 71
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
धर्मोऽपि यमनामा च भविष्यति न संशयः । महत्तत्त्वं च भगवान् महादेवो भविष्यति ॥ १७.७१ ॥
dharmo 'pi yamanāmā ca bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ | mahattattvaṁ ca bhagavān mahādevo bhaviṣyati || 17.71 ||
Auch Dharma wird unter dem Namen Yama bekannt werden — ohne Zweifel. Und das Große Prinzip (mahat-tattva) wird (als) der erhabene Herr Mahādeva erscheinen.
Varāha (default, primary instructor in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It illustrates a Purāṇic tendency to correlate ethical functions (Dharma/Yama) and cosmological categories (mahat-tattva) with prominent divine epithets, reflecting syncretic classification practices in early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on ethical and cosmological identifications.
The verse frames Dharma as closely aligned with Yama (often associated with moral regulation and judgment), emphasizing the conceptual linkage between moral order and accountability within the text’s worldview.
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