Varaha Purana 187.16: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 16
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
तिष्ठाम वटवृक्षेऽहं मायया बालरूपधृक् ॥ पश्यामि च जगत्सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं यन्मया कृतम् ॥
tiṣṭhāma vaṭavṛkṣe 'haṃ māyayā bālarūpadhṛk || paśyāmi ca jagat sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ yan mayā kṛtam ||
मैं बनयन के पेड़ पर बैठा था। मैंने माया से बच्चे का रूप लिया था। फिर मैंने पूरी दुनिया देखी, तीनो लोक, जो मैंने बनाए थे।
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It integrates two major narrative motifs—divine child-form and pralaya survival—found across Purāṇic and later devotional literature, indicating shared mythic vocabulary.
No geographic location is specified; the banyan is a cosmological setting rather than a mapped site.
The verse emphasizes reflective awareness of creation and perception—how forms and worlds are apprehended within a cosmological framework.
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