Varaha Purana 193.34: Adhyaya 193, Shloka 34
Naciketas’ Journey to Yama’s Abode and the Eulogy of Truthfulness
सूर्यस्तपति सत्येन वातः सत्येन वाति च ॥ अग्निर्दहति सत्येन सत्येन पृथिवी स्थिता
sūryas tapati satyena vātaḥ satyena vāti ca || agnir dahati satyena satyena pṛthivī sthitā
सच से सूरज तपता है। सच से हवा चलती है। सच से आग जलती है। सच से धरती टिकी है।
Varāha
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The verse exemplifies the Purāṇic tendency to connect ethical norms with cosmic functioning, echoing older Indian ideas of ṛta/dharma as an ordering principle, here expressed through satya.
None; the reference is to universal elements (sun, wind, fire, earth) rather than a specific place.
Truthfulness is portrayed not only as personal virtue but as the sustaining basis of the world’s stability.
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