Varaha Purana 22.28: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 28
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
अतोऽन्यजन्मभर्त्ता मे रुद्रो दक्षमखान्तकः । इदानीं तपसा सैव ध्यातोऽभूद्गतिभावनः ॥ २२.२८ ॥
ato ’nyajanmabharttā me rudro dakṣamakhāntakaḥ | idānīṃ tapasā saiva dhyāto ’bhūd gatibhāvanaḥ || 22.28 ||
पिछले जनम में रुद्र मेरा पति था। उसने दक्ष की यज्ञ तोड़ दी थी। अब वो तपस्या कर रही है, रुद्र का ध्यान कर के।
Pṛthivī (default, as explicit speaker is not given in the excerpt)
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It preserves a Purāṇic cross-reference to the widely circulated Dakṣa-yajña narrative, showing how Varāha Purāṇa participates in shared mythic-historiographical memory across Purāṇic corpora.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on a mythic event (Dakṣa’s sacrifice) rather than a site description.
The verse foregrounds disciplined ascetic practice and sustained contemplation (tapas, dhyāna) as a means of shaping one’s course (gati), presented as a philosophical motif rather than a prescriptive command.
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