Varaha Purana 68.4: Adhyaya 68, Shloka 4
Dharma Across the Four Yugas, the Disruption of Social Conduct, and Ritual Purification from Varṇa-Mixing Transgressions
द्वापरे सत्त्वराजसी बहुले नृपसत्तम । यावद् धर्मसुतो राजा भविष्यति महामते ॥ ६८.४ ॥
dvāpare sattvarajasī bahule nṛpasattama | yāvad dharmasuto rājā bhaviṣyati mahāmते || 68.4 ||
દ્વાપરયુગમાં, હે નૃપશ્રેષ્ઠ, સત્ત્વ અને રજોગુણો વધુ પ્રબળ થાય છે, જ્યાં સુધી ધર્મસુત રાજા પ્રગટ ન થાય, હે મહામતિ।
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It reflects a Purāṇic model of time (yuga cycles) and links political order to moral qualities (guṇas), a common framework in late-classical Sanskrit discourse on kingship and social stability.
No geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is temporal (Dvāpara-yuga) and ethical-political (qualities and the emergence of a righteous king).
The verse implies that governance and social conditions are shaped by moral-psychological qualities (sattva/rajas) and that legitimate kingship is ideally grounded in dharma (righteousness).
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