Varaha Purana 13.20: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 20
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
प्रभावं च महर्द्धिं च विस्तरेण निबोध मे । धर्ममूर्तिधरास्तेषां त्रयोऽन्ये परमा गणाः । तेषां नामानि लोकांश्च कीर्तयिष्यामि तच्छृणु ॥ १३.२० ॥
prabhāvaṃ ca maharddhiṃ ca vistareṇa nibodha me | dharmamūrtidharās teṣāṃ trayo'nye paramā gaṇāḥ | teṣāṃ nāmāni lokāṃś ca kīrtayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu || 13.20 ||
Aprende de mí, con detalle, su influencia y su gran prosperidad. Entre ellos hay además tres grupos supremos, portadores del Dharma en forma encarnada. Ahora recitaré sus nombres y sus mundos: escucha eso.
Varāha (default dialogue framework: instructor addressing Pṛthivī)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic cataloguing style in which cosmological classes (gaṇas) and their associated realms (lokas) are enumerated, supporting the text’s broader encyclopedic and didactic function.
No specific terrestrial location is named in this verse; it refers instead to lokas (realms/worlds) in a cosmological sense.
The verse frames dharma as something embodied and upheld by exemplary groups, emphasizing attentive listening and learning as the means to understand moral-cosmological order.
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