Varaha Purana 35.9: Adhyaya 35, Shloka 9
The Account of Soma’s Decline and Restoration, and the Paurṇamāsī Observance
भगवानाह तान् सर्वान् ब्रूत किं क्रियते मया । ते चोचुर्देव दक्षेण शप्तः सोमो विनाशितः ॥ ३५.९ ॥
bhagavān āha tān sarvān brūta kiṃ kriyate mayā | te cocur deva dakṣeṇa śaptaḥ somo vināśitaḥ || 35.9 ||
Der Erhabene sprach zu ihnen allen: „Sagt mir — was soll ich tun?“ Sie erwiderten: „O Gott, Soma ist vernichtet worden, da Dakṣa ihn verflucht hat.“
Bhagavān (defaulted to Varāha as the primary instructor framework)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative device: a crisis (here, Soma’s destruction via a curse) is presented to an authoritative speaker, prompting remedial action. Such episodes preserve mythic etiologies and moral causality within the Purāṇic literary tradition.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the focus is on a mythic event involving Soma and Dakṣa rather than a specific sacred site.
The verse foregrounds moral causality: harmful outcomes can follow from authoritative speech-acts such as curses, and resolution is sought through counsel and responsible intervention rather than escalation.
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