Varaha Purana 148.7: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 7
The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline
Uttara Bhāga · Narrative Transition: Varāha Responds to Earth
ततो महीवचः श्रुत्वा धर्मश्रेष्ठी महामनाः ॥ वराहरूपी भगवान् प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम् ॥
tato mahīvacaḥ śrutvā dharmaśreṣṭhī mahāmanāḥ || varāharūpī bhagavān pratyuvāca vasundharām ||
tato mahIvachaH shrutvA dharmashreShThI mahAmanAH || varAharUpI bhagavAnpratyuvAcha vasundharAm
जब भगवान ने धरणी की बात सुनी, तो उसके बाद जवाब दिया। भगवान वराह का रूप ले के थे। वो धरम में बड़े थे और उनका मन बड़ा था। उन्होंने वसुंधरा को जवाब दिया।
Sandhi Notes
- महीवचः treated as षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मही + वचः)
- प्रत्युवाच = प्रति + उवाच (इ/उ sandhi → यु)
Narrator (dialogue frame; defaults to primary dialogue context)
Heard/acknowledged; positioned as respectful interlocutor awaiting reply.
Dharma is transmitted through attentive listening and authoritative reply within a sacred dialogue.
Model of śravaṇa (hearing) and praśna-uttara (question–answer) as the method for dharma learning.
Explicit only as ‘varāha-rūpī’ (in the form of Varāha).
He listens to Earth’s words and prepares to reply—teacherly engagement in dialogue.
VP 148.6 (Earth’s praise); VP 148.8 (Varāha’s opening instruction)
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It marks a formal turn-taking point in the saṃvāda (dialogue) genre, a key narrative technique in Purāṇic instruction.
No location is identified in this transition verse.
Implicitly, it legitimizes the forthcoming teaching by portraying the instructor as dharma-śreṣṭha (ethically authoritative).
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