Varaha Purana 28.19: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 19
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
तत्र ब्रह्मा जगत्स्रष्टा विष्णुपादोद्भवे जले । नियामिताकाशगतो जपत्यन्तर्जले शुभे । क्षेत्रज्ञनाम गायत्रीं ततो देवा विचुक्रुशुः ॥ २८.१९ ॥
tatra brahmā jagatsraṣṭā viṣṇupādodbhave jale | niyāmitākāśagato japaty antarjale śubhe | kṣetrajñanāmāyāṃ gāyatrīṃ tato devā vicukruśuḥ || 28.19 ||
Dort verweilte Brahmā, der Schöpfer der Welt, in dem Wasser, das aus Viṣṇus Fuß hervorging; nachdem er im Himmel eine geordnete Stellung eingenommen hatte, rezitierte er in den glückverheißenden Wassern die mit dem „Kenner des Feldes“ (kṣetrajña) verbundene Gāyatrī. Da riefen die Götter laut.
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It preserves a Purāṇic cosmogonic motif linking Brahmā’s creative role with primordial waters connected to Viṣṇu, reflecting interwoven Vaiṣṇava and broader Sanskrit cosmological traditions.
No specific terrestrial site is named in this verse; the setting is mythic-cosmological (primordial waters described as arising from Viṣṇu’s foot).
Rather than a direct moral rule, the verse foregrounds disciplined recitation (japa) and the contemplative focus on the “inner knower” (kṣetrajña), presenting a philosophical model of regulated practice and inward awareness.
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