Varaha Purana 22.37: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 37
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
तत्र दृष्ट्वा महात्मानं सर्वदेवपितामहम् । उवाच प्रणतो भूत्वा ब्रह्माणं शैलराट् ततः ॥ २२.३७ ॥
tatra dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ sarvadevapitāmaham | uvāca praṇato bhūtvā brahmāṇaṃ śailarāṭ tataḥ || 22.37 ||
वहाँ जाके उसने ब्रह्मा को देखा। ब्रह्मा सब देवताओं के बड़े थे। पहाड़ का राजा झुक के उनको प्रणाम किया। फिर उसने बात शुरू की।
Śailarāṭ (the King of Mountains; likely Himālaya in purāṇic idiom)
FAQs
It exemplifies a common purāṇic narrative device: authoritative instruction is framed through respectful encounters with cosmological figures (here, Brahmā as “sarvadevapitāmaha”), reinforcing textual legitimacy and lineage of transmission.
No specific toponym is named in this single verse; it functions as a scene-setting transition (“tatra”). The mention of “śailarāṭ” suggests a mythicized mountain-entity, often associated in purāṇic literature with the Himālaya, but the identification is not explicit here.
The verse foregrounds an ethic of humility and disciplined speech: one approaches a revered source of knowledge with praṇāma (respectful bowing) before inquiry or discourse.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Varaha Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.