Varaha Purana 32.26: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 26
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
दृष्टमात्रास्तु ते देवाः स्वयं धर्मेण चक्षुषा । क्षणेन गतसंमोहाः सम्यक्सद्धर्मसंहिताः ॥ ३२.२७ ॥
dṛṣṭamātrāstu te devāḥ svayaṃ dharmeṇa cakṣuṣā | kṣaṇena gatasaṃmohāḥ samyaksaddharmasaṃhitāḥ || 32.27 ||
देवताओं ने उसे देखते ही सब कुछ समझ आ गया। उनकी नज़र में धरम था। एक पल में उनका भ्रम टूट गया। वो सही धरम पर आ गए।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in the fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical motif: spiritual or moral clarity is presented as arising swiftly when perception is aligned with dharma, illustrating how narrative theology and dharma discourse are interwoven in Purāṇic literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the content is primarily ethical-philosophical rather than topographical.
The verse foregrounds the idea that right perception—symbolized as “vision through dharma”—dispels delusion (moha) and brings one into alignment with sat-dharma (true/right conduct).
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