Varaha Purana 32.2: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 2
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
तस्य चिन्तयतस्त्वङ्गाद् दक्षिणाच्छ्वेतकुण्डलः । प्रादुर्बभूव पुरुषः श्वेतमाल्यानुलेपनः ॥ ३२.३ ॥
tasya cintayatas tvaṅgād dakṣiṇāc chvetakuṇḍalaḥ | prādurbabhūva puruṣaḥ śvetamālyānulepanaḥ || 32.3 ||
जब वो सोच रहा था, तब उसकी बॉडी से एक आदमी निकला। वो दाएँ तरफ से आया था। उसने सफेद कुंडल पहना था। और सफेद हार और सफेद तेल भी लगा था।
Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in isolated verse)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: beings or personified figures manifest from a central actor’s body during contemplation, reflecting early medieval Sanskrit mythic-cosmological storytelling and iconographic detail.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is descriptive and iconographic rather than topographical.
No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse primarily conveys cosmological/ritual imagery (white ornaments, garland, unguents) that may signal purity or auspiciousness in the narrative context.
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