Varaha Purana 210.38 — Adhyaya 210, Shloka 38
Inquiry into Moral Agency (Karma) and Practical Means for the Dissolution of Sin: the Śiśumāra Contemplation
विविधैः कारणोपायैः सम्यक्तत्त्वार्थदर्शितैः ॥ संशयोऽभून्मम पुरा स त्वया नाशितः प्रभो ॥
vividhaiḥ kāraṇopāyaiḥ samyak-tattvārtha-darśitaiḥ | saṃśayo 'bhūn mama purā sa tvayā nāśitaḥ prabho ||
“By diverse means and causal approaches that correctly reveal the meaning of true principle, a doubt once arose in me; that doubt has been removed by you, O lord.”
Nārada
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"observer","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"How can true principles (tattvārtha) be correctly known so that doubt (saṃśaya) is removed?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"epistemology/hermeneutics","core_concept":"Right means of knowing (upāya) that reveal tattvārtha dissolve doubt; guidance of a realized teacher is decisive.","practical_application":"Approach a competent guru/ācārya, test teachings by coherent reasoning and śāstra, and confirm by lived transformation (saṃśaya-kṣaya)."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Philosophy"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: dialogue-setting
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 210.43–46 (request for easier upāya for pāpa-kṣaya)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative, grateful","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"clear, reverent, reflective"}
FAQs
The verse reflects scholastic ideals within Purāṇic teaching: doubts are resolved through reasoned exposition and correct presentation of tattvārtha, aligning Purāṇas with broader Sanskrit intellectual culture.
No location is mentioned; the verse is concerned with epistemic clarification.
Ethical and spiritual instruction is presented as something to be understood through clear reasoning and accurate grasp of principles, not merely asserted.
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