Varaha Purana 32.13: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 13
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
स हंसयानमारुह्य सर्वलोकपितामहः । निवारयामास तदा कस्यार्थे युद्धमब्रवीत् ॥ ३२.१४ ॥
sa haṃsayānam āruhya sarvalokapitāmahaḥ | nivārayāmāsa tadā kasyārthe yuddham abravīt || 32.14 ||
ब्रह्मा, जो सब दुनिया के बड़े हैं, अपने हंस पर बैठ के आए। उन्होंने सबको रोका और पूछा - यह लड़ाई किस लिए हो रही है?
Brahmā (sarvalokapitāmahaḥ)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif in which Brahmā intervenes as a cosmological authority to halt escalation and demand a rationale for conflict, illustrating the text’s preference for ordered governance over unchecked violence.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; the imagery is cosmological (Brahmā on the haṃsa-yāna) rather than tied to a specific terrestrial site.
The verse foregrounds accountability in conflict: before engaging in violence, the purpose and beneficiary (“for whose sake?”) must be examined, implying restraint and reasoned inquiry as guiding principles.
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