Varaha Purana 168.10: Adhyaya 168, Shloka 10
The Merit of Seeing Mathurā’s Guardian-Deity and a Catalog of Mathurā’s Sacred Geography
न मया कथितं देवि ब्रह्मणश्च महात्मनः ॥ रुद्रस्य न मया पूर्वं कथितं च वसुन्धरे ॥
na mayā kathitaṃ devi brahmaṇaśca mahātmanaḥ || rudrasya na mayā pūrvaṃ kathitaṃ ca vasundhare ||
देवी, मैंने यह बात ब्रह्मा को नहीं बताई। ना ही मैंने रुद्र को पहले कभी बताई थी।
Hari (Viṣṇu) (continuation of the speech praising Mathurā)
FAQs
It uses the ‘withheld even from major deities’ trope to mark the passage as special or esoteric, a common Purāṇic strategy for emphasizing textual authority.
No new location is named here; the verse reinforces the privileged status of the Mathurā-related teaching within the chapter.
It suggests discretion and responsible transmission of valued knowledge, framing certain teachings as requiring maturity or context.
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