Varaha Purana 7.40: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 40
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिर्गरुडस्थो वियद्गतः । उवाच मेघगम्भीरधीर्वाक् पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ ७.४० ॥
śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇir garuḍastho viyadgataḥ | uvāca meghagambhīradhīravāk puruṣottamaḥ || 7.40 ||
Der Puruṣottama, der Muschel, Diskus und Keule in den Händen trug, auf Garuḍa sitzend und durch den Himmel ziehend, sprach mit ruhiger Stimme, tief wie das Donnern der Wolken.
Varāha (defaulted by dialogue framework; explicit speaker not named in the verse)
FAQs
It preserves a standard Purāṇic iconographic formula (śaṅkha–cakra–gadā) used to identify a Vaiṣṇava supreme figure, illustrating how narrative prose-poetry encodes visual theology and courtly Sanskrit style.
No specific terrestrial location is named here; the setting is explicitly aerial (viyat, “the sky”), functioning as a narrative transition rather than a place-reference.
No direct ethical injunction is stated in this verse; its function is descriptive—introducing the authoritative speaker whose subsequent discourse typically carries philosophical or cultural-heritage instruction.
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