Varaha Purana 214.32: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 32
The Glory of Gokarṇa: Description of Nandikeśvara’s Boon and the Assembly of Deities on Mount Muñjavat
Uttara Bhāga · Sacred Geography & Deva-Assemblies (Pilgrimage Topography)
अधिष्ठितः सुकृतिभिः प्रायाद्वैवस्वतोपमः ॥ चन्द्रादित्यौ ग्रहाः सर्वे समग्रं त्वृक्षमण्डलम् ॥
adhiṣṭhitaḥ sukṛtibhiḥ prāyād vaivasvatopamaḥ || candrādityau grahāḥ sarve samagraṃ tv ṛkṣamaṇḍalam ||
adhiShThitaH sukRRitibhiH prAyAdvaivasvatopamaH || chandrAdityau grahAH sarve samagraM tvRRikShamaNDalam
पुण्य वाले लोगों के साथ वो निकला, बिल्कुल यम जैसा दिखता था। चाँद और सूरज आए, सारे ग्रह आए। सारे तारे भी वहीं इकट्ठे हो गए।
Sandhi Notes
- प्रायाद् → प्रायात् (before voiced consonant)
- वैवस्वतोपमः → वैवस्वत-उपमः
- चन्द्रादित्यौ → चन्द्र-आदित्यौ
- त्वृक्षमण्डलम् → तु + ऋक्ष-मण्डलम्
Varāha
Merit (sukṛta) accompanies rightful governance; time (sun, moon, planets, nakṣatras) and justice (Yama) together uphold dharma in the world-order.
Live with awareness of kāla and karma: align actions with dharma, remembering that cosmic order and moral consequence are inseparable.
The mobilization of cosmic regulators—Sun, Moon, planets, and nakṣatra-maṇḍala—alongside a figure likened to Vaivasvata (Yama) frames the universe as a moral-cosmic machine where time (grahas/nakṣatras) and justice (Yama) move in concert.
Instead, a ‘cosmic liturgy’ image: luminaries as ritual lamps, nakṣatras as a circumferential garland/maṇḍala, and Yama-like governance as the rule that keeps the rite of cosmos coherent.
Kāla (time) and niyati (order) appear as coordinated powers; the teaching aligns with Vedāntic views where cosmic time is an instrument within īśvara’s governance, not ultimate.
Varāha Purāṇa cosmological descriptions of grahas and nakṣatras; narrative of assemblies in this chapter cluster
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic convention of portraying cosmic order (grahas and nakṣatras) as participants in major events, indicating an integrated cosmology and ritual geography.
No explicit toponym appears in this verse; it emphasizes a cosmic assembly rather than a named terrestrial site.
Implicitly, it valorizes sukṛti (merit/virtuous conduct) as a qualifying condition for participation in auspicious assemblies and journeys.
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