Varaha Purana 6.1: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 1
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
धरण्युवाच । स वसुः संशयच्छेदं प्राप्य रैभ्यश्च सत्तमः । उभौ किं चक्रतुर्देव श्रुत्वा चाङ्गिरसं वचः ॥ ६.१ ॥
dharaṇyuvāca | sa vasuḥ saṃśayacchedaṃ prāpya raibhyas ca sattamaḥ | ubhau kiṃ cakratur deva śrutvā cāṅgirasaṃ vacaḥ || 6.1 ||
Dharaṇī sprach: „O Gottheit! Nachdem Vasu und der vortreffliche Raibhya die Beseitigung ihres Zweifels erlangt hatten, was taten die beiden, als sie die Worte des Aṅgiras vernahmen?“
Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: an inquirer (Dharaṇī/Pṛthivī) prompts the teacher-figure to continue a transmitted account, emphasizing the authority of earlier sages (here, Aṅgiras) and the resolution of doctrinal uncertainty.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on interlocutors (Vasu, Raibhya, Aṅgiras) and the continuation of the narrative.
The verse foregrounds an epistemic and philosophical principle: doubts should be addressed through inquiry and attentive hearing of authoritative instruction, after which one should act with clarity.
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