Varaha Purana 113.18: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 18
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
न वाति पवनस्तत्र नैव चाग्निर्न विद्युतः ॥ न किञ्चित्तत्र विद्येत न तारा न च राशयः
na vāti pavanas tatra naiva cāgnir na vidyutaḥ || na kiñcit tatra vidyeta na tārā na ca rāśayaḥ
वहाँ हवा भी नहीं चल रही थी। ना आग थी, ना बिजली चमकती थी। वहाँ कुछ भी नहीं था, ना तारे, ना कोई ग्रह-नक्षत्र।
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It catalogues the absence of elemental and astral markers, reflecting a Purāṇic way of narrating cosmic suspension or dissolution-like conditions.
No geographic location is identified.
No explicit ethical instruction is given; the verse is descriptive and cosmological.
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