Varaha Purana 32.20: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 20
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
त्वयैयं पाल्यते पृथ्वी त्रैलोक्यं च त्वयैव हि । जनस्तपस्तथा सत्यं त्वया सर्वं तु पाल्यते ॥ ३२.२१ ॥
tvayeyaṁ pālyate pṛthvī trailokyaṁ ca tvayaiva hi | janastapas tathā satyaṁ tvayā sarvaṁ tu pālyate || 32.21 ||
तुम इस धरती को संभालते हो। तुम ही तीनों दुनिया को संभालते हो। लोग, तपस्या और सच्चाई, तुम ही सब को संभालते हो।
Pṛthivī (defaulted per dialogue framework; verse praises the sustaining agent addressed as 'you')
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It reflects a common Purāṇic literary motif in which cosmic stability (Earth and the three worlds) is attributed to a single sustaining principle/persona, linking cosmology with ethical order (tapas and satya) for didactic purposes.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it speaks in universal cosmological terms (Earth and the three worlds) rather than a localized tīrtha or region.
The verse associates the maintenance of truth (satya) and disciplined conduct (tapas) with the same sustaining power that upholds the world, framing ethical life as integral to cosmic order and societal continuity.
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