Varaha Purana 29.11: Adhyaya 29, Shloka 11
The Birth and Marriages of the Direction-Goddesses and the Daśamī Observance
सृष्ट्वा तु लोकपालांस्तु ताः कन्याः पुनराह्वयत् । विवाहं कारयामास ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥ २९.११ ॥
sṛṣṭvā tu lokapālāṁs tu tāḥ kanyāḥ punar āhvayat | vivāhaṁ kārayāmāsa brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ || 29.11 ||
रक्षक बना के ब्रह्मा ने उन लड़कियों को वापस बुलाया। ब्रह्मा, जो सबका बड़े पापा हैं, उनकी शादियाँ करवा दी।
Varāha (default narrative voice, speaker not explicit in the fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic cosmogonic pattern where cosmic order is established through appointed guardians (lokapālas) and through genealogical/social structuring (marriage alliances), a common narrative device in early Sanskrit mythic historiography.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is on cosmic roles (lokapālas) rather than a pilgrimage or terrestrial location.
The verse emphasizes orderly governance and social organization as components of a well-structured world—presented descriptively as part of cosmogonic administration rather than as a prescriptive moral command.
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