Varaha Purana 187.8: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 8
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
निष्प्रभेऽस्मिन्निरालोके सर्वतस्तमसावृते ॥ स्रष्टुं वै बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ॥
niṣprabhe 'smin nirāloke sarvatas tamasāvṛte || sraṣṭuṁ vai buddhir utpannā trailokyaṁ sacarācaram ||
जब दुनिया में कुछ नहीं था, अंधेरा था, रोशनी नहीं थी, तब एक सोच आई। तीन दुनिया बनानी है, सब कुछ जो चलता है और जो नहीं चलता।
Varāha
FAQs
It preserves a widely attested Purāṇic cosmogonic motif—darkness preceding creation—while articulating a comprehensive cosmos (trailokya) including animate and inanimate existence.
No terrestrial location; ‘trailokya’ denotes a cosmological schema.
Implicitly, order and intelligibility are portrayed as emerging from obscurity, supporting the idea that knowledge and structure are foundational values.
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