Varaha Purana 114.3: Adhyaya 114, Shloka 3
The Varāha Incarnation and Pṛthivī’s Inquiries on Ritual Procedure and Devotional Outcomes
Pūrva Bhāga · Pṛthivī-uddhāra (Varāha and the Restoration of Earth)
तव देवि प्रियार्थाय भक्त्या यं त्वं व्यवस्थिताः ॥ कारयिष्यामि ते सर्वं यत्ते हृदि व्यवस्थितम् ॥
tava devi priyārthāya bhaktyā yaṃ tvaṃ vyavasthitāḥ || kārayiṣyāmi te sarvaṃ yat te hṛdi vyavasthitam ||
tava devi priyArthAya bhaktyA yaM tvaM vyavasthitA || kArayiShyAmi te sarvaM yatte hRRidi vyavasthitam
देवी, तुम जो चाहती हो वो मैं करूंगा। तुम अपनी भक्ति से जो माँग रही हो, मैं उसे पूरा करूंगा। तुम्हारे दिल में जो बात है, मैं उसे सच कर दूंगा।
Sandhi Notes
- priyārthāya = priya + arthāya (samāsa)
- yatt(e) = yat + te (sandhi: final -t + t-)
Varāha (Viṣṇu/Mādhava)
Relieved yet still concerned; receptive and devoted
Implicit: will you accomplish what is dear to Earth and remove her distress/burden?
Divine responsiveness: sincere devotion and righteous intention invite sustaining grace.
Cultivate bhakti with clear saṅkalpa for dharmic ends (protection, restoration, non-harm), trusting in higher support while acting responsibly.
Varāha promises to fulfill Bhū-devī’s heartfelt wish, speaking as protector and benefactor.
The Lord’s assurance functions as īśvara-saṅkalpa: cosmic order is restored by divine resolve responding to Earth’s dharmic need.
Īśvara as jagat-kāraṇa and dharma-saṃsthāpaka: the world is sustained by the Lord’s will; bhakti becomes a means for aligning with that sustaining order.
Ethical ideal: the Lord upholds and responds to devoted, righteous intention (bhakti-yukta saṅkalpa) with protective action.
Devotion aligned with dharma leads to divine support and restoration; neglect of dharma leads to continued disorder and suffering.
114.4.0 (promise to uphold Earth); 114.5.0 (transition to Varāha-form)
FAQs
It exemplifies a Purāṇic rhetorical pattern: divine reassurance to a personified Earth, linking cosmic restoration to moral intention.
No explicit geographic site appears; the verse addresses Earth as a universal entity.
It highlights responsiveness to sincere intention and responsibility toward the welfare of the Earth.
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