Varaha Purana 1.6: Adhyaya 1, Shloka 6
Praise of Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Foundational Questions
अन्यत्सुरासुरमयं त्वं समुद्रस्य मन्थने । धृतवानसि कौर्म्येण मन्दरं मधुसूदन ॥ १.७ ॥
anyat surāsuramayaṁ tvaṁ samudrasya manthane | dhṛtavān asi kaurmyeṇa mandaraṁ madhusūdana || 1.7 ||
एक और बार समुद्र मथने का काम हुआ। देवता और असुर दोनों थे उसमे। मधुसूदन, तुम कछुआ बन के मंदर पर्वत को अपनी पीठ पे संभाला।
Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework: inquiry/praise addressed to Varāha/Viṣṇu)
FAQs
It situates the Varāha Purāṇa within the wider Purāṇic intertext by referencing the Samudra Manthana narrative, a shared cosmogonic motif used to index Viṣṇu’s stabilizing role in mythic history.
Mount Mandara is named; in Purāṇic geography it functions as the churning pivot-mountain rather than a single securely identifiable modern site, and is treated primarily as a mythic-cosmographic landmark.
Implicitly, the verse highlights the philosophical theme of sustaining order during collective conflict—supporting stability (dhṛ-) amid competing forces—rather than issuing a direct prescriptive rule.
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