Varaha Purana 10.1: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 1
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
श्रीवराह उवाच । एवं सृष्ट्वा जगत्सर्वं भगवान् लोकभावनः । विरराम ततः सृष्टिर्व्यवर्धत धरे तदा ॥ १०.१ ॥
śrīvarāha uvāca | evaṁ sṛṣṭvā jagatsarvaṁ bhagavān lokabhāvanaḥ | virarāma tataḥ sṛṣṭir vyavarddhata dhare tadā || 10.1 ||
वराह भगवान बोले। पूरा जहान बनाने के बाद, भगवान ने काम रोक दिया। वो दुनिया को चलाते हैं। फिर धरती पर पैदाइश बढ़ने लगी।
Varāha
Direct instruction to Dhara/Pṛthivī: Varāha narrates creation and its subsequent autonomous expansion after the Lord ‘ceased’ the immediate act of sṛṣṭi.
None (speaker identified as Śrī Varāha; no physical description in this verse)
How does creation proceed—what is the sequence from divine creation to the world’s continued expansion?
attentive/curious recipient of cosmological instruction
Varāha as cosmic narrator of sṛṣṭi–pravṛtti: the Lord creates, then ‘rests’ while the created order unfolds—suggesting divine transcendence alongside immanent governance.
Creation as yajña-like emission of order; ‘virarāma’ (ceased) parallels completion of a rite after which its fruits continue to manifest in the world-process.
Īśvara as nimitta-kāraṇa initiating creation; ongoing expansion reflects prakṛti’s unfolding under divine sanction—harmonizing divine agency with lawful cosmic causality.
After the Lord’s comprehensive creation, the cosmos continues to expand through established processes; divine action includes both initiation and governance through order.
See worldly processes as operating within divine order; cultivate trust and responsibility—act ethically within the created system rather than attributing everything to arbitrary divine intervention.
Shift to a new section/chapter where Varāha speaks (10.10.1) continuing cosmological exposition
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic cosmological motif: creation is initiated by a supreme agent and then proceeds in an ordered expansion, aligning the Varāha Purāṇa with broader Sanskrit cosmography and narrative theology.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the address “dhare” refers to Earth as a personified interlocutor rather than a location.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical principle rather than a direct ethic: cosmic order is portrayed as sustained and progressively unfolding after the initial creative act, framing the world as structured and intelligible.
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