Varaha Purana 134.44: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 44
Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure
Upaspṛśya
कुमारवचनं श्रुत्वा तं मही प्रत्यभाषत ॥ शृणु तत्त्वेन मे ब्रह्मन् यन्मया परिपृच्छितम् ॥
kumāravacanaṃ śrutvā taṃ mahī pratyabhāṣata || śṛṇu tattvena me brahman yanmayā paripṛcchitam ||
सनत्कुमार की बात सुनके पृथ्वी ने उनसे कहा। ब्रह्मन, सच-सच सुनो मैं जो पूछना चाहती हूँ।
Pṛthivī (Mahī/Vasundharā)
FAQs
It preserves the formal etiquette of Sanskrit didactic dialogue—listening, then restating the inquiry ‘in truth’—a hallmark of scholastic and Purāṇic discourse.
No specific place is named; “Mahī” indicates Earth as a personified interlocutor.
The explicit ethical cue is truth-oriented speech (“tattvena”), emphasizing accuracy and sincerity in inquiry.
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