Varaha Purana 139.102: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 102
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
जम्बूद्वीपं समासाद्य राजराजस्तु जायते॥ सर्वकर्मसमायुक्तो रक्षिता वै महीपतिः॥
jambūdvīpaṃ samāsādya rājarājas tu jāyate || sarvakarmasamāyukto rakṣitā vai mahīpatiḥ ||
वो जंबुद्वीप में राजाओं का राजा बन के जन्म लेता है। वो सब काम आता है, लोगों की रक्षा करता है, बड़ा राजा होता है।
Varāha
FAQs
It reflects Purāṇic cosmography (Jambūdvīpa) and political ideals (protector-king), useful for studying how sacred geography and governance ethics were interwoven.
Jambūdvīpa is a major Purāṇic world-region; scholars often interpret it as a cosmographic representation that can overlap conceptually with the known inhabited world, especially Bhārata-varṣa within it.
Kingship is framed as protective responsibility (rakṣitā) and comprehensive duty (sarvakarma), not merely status.
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