Varaha Purana 22.6: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 6
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
उमा नामेति महती कृष्णा चेत्यभिधानतः । लब्ध्वा तु शोभनां मूर्तिं हिमवन्तगृहे शुभा ॥ २२.६ ॥
umā nāmeti mahatī kṛṣṇā cety abhidhānataḥ | labdhvā tu śobhanāṃ mūrtiṃ himavantagṛhe śubhā || 22.6 ||
उसका नाम उमा था, और लोग उसे कृष्णा भी कहते थे। उसने एक खूबसूरत रूप पा लिया। वो हिमवंत के घर में रहने लगी।
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The verse preserves Purāṇic onomastics (name-traditions) for the goddess and situates her within a Himalayan household context (Himavant), reflecting how sacred geography and mythic genealogy are interwoven in Purāṇic composition.
Himavant refers to the Himalaya personified; in textual geography it points to the Himalayan region (modern Himalayas across North India/Nepal/Tibet), frequently used as a mythic locus for divine lineages and ascetic landscapes.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a cultural-philosophical theme: transformation toward auspiciousness (śubhā) and the sacralization of landscape (Himavant/Himalaya) as a setting for exemplary figures.
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