Varaha Purana 112.62: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 62
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
सम्बन्धः पूर्वकल्पीयो द्वितीयं शृणु साम्प्रतम् ॥ सर्वज्ञाल्लब्धवानस्मि त्वं च मत्तो धराधरे
sambandhaḥ pūrvakalpīyo dvitīyaṃ śṛṇu sāmpratam || sarvajñāllabdhavān asmi tvaṃ ca matto dharādhare
यह बात पुरानी कल्प से जुड़ी हुई है। अब दूसरा हिस्सा सुन। मैं सर्वज्ञ से यह ज्ञान पाया है। और तू भी, धरा को धरने वाले, मुझसे यह सीख चुका है।
Varāha (default instructor role in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It frames the narration as part of a trans-kalpa (aeon-spanning) transmission, a common Purāṇic strategy to authorize and contextualize teachings within a vast cosmological timeline.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the address is to a figure styled as “supporter of the earth,” functioning as a cosmological/personified addressee rather than a place.
The verse primarily establishes epistemic lineage (how knowledge is received and transmitted) rather than issuing a direct ethical injunction.
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