Varaha Purana 187.14: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 14
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
एवं त्रयो वयं देवाः कृत्वा ह्येकाणर्वां महीम् ॥ तिष्ठामः परमप्रीत्या मायां कृत्वा तु वैष्णवीम् ॥
evaṃ trayo vayaṃ devāḥ kṛtvā hy ekārṇavāṃ mahīm || tiṣṭhāmaḥ paramaprītyā māyāṃ kṛtvā tu vaiṣṇavīm ||
हम तीन देवता हैं, ब्रह्मा, विष्णु और शिव। हमने दुनिया को पानी बना दिया था, सब एक समुंदर में डूब गया था। फिर हम खुश होकर वहीं बैठे रहे, अपनी माया से।
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It illustrates Purāṇic pralaya imagery (universal inundation) and the doctrinal use of māyā as a cosmological explanatory principle.
No named location appears; “earth as a single ocean” is a cosmic state rather than a mapped geography.
The verse primarily communicates cosmological doctrine; ethically, it implies humility before cyclic transformation of the world-order.
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