Varaha Purana 113.26: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 26
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
अंशवश्च न विद्यन्ते न नक्षत्रा न वा ग्रहाः ॥ न चैवाङ्गारकस्तत्र न शुक्रो न बृहस्पतिः
aṃśavaśca na vidyante na nakṣatrā na vā grahāḥ || na caivāṅgārakastatra na śukro na bṛhaspatiḥ
वहाँ कोई किरणें नहीं हैं। ना कोई तारे हैं, ना ग्रह। मंगल भी नहीं, शुक्र भी नहीं, बृहस्पति भी नहीं।
Pṛthivī
FAQs
It attests to an established list of grahas and their names, valuable for studying the cultural history of astral terminology in Sanskrit literature.
No terrestrial location is identified; the verse describes a cosmic condition where luminaries are absent.
It underscores impermanence: even the ordered heavens are portrayed as contingent within cycles of manifestation and withdrawal.
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