Varaha Purana 33.9: Adhyaya 33, Shloka 9
The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati
घनं यदा तैर् विततं वियच्च भूमिश्च सर्वाश्च दिशश्च लोकाः । तदा स सर्वज्ञतया चकार धनुश्चतुर्विंशतिहस्तमात्रम् ॥ ३३.९ ॥
ghanaṁ yadā tair vitataṁ viyac ca bhūmiś ca sarvāś ca diśaś ca lokāḥ | tadā sa sarvajñatayā cakāra dhanuś caturviṁśati-hasta-mātram || 33.9 ||
जब आसमान और धरती और चारों दिशाएं सब बन गई, तब उसने एक धनुष बनाया। यह बहुत बड़ा धनुष था, चब्बीस हाथ लंबा। उसको सब पता था इसलिए यह बनाया।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicitly stated in excerpt)
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It illustrates a typical Purāṇic narrative technique that blends cosmological description (manifestation of space, earth, directions, and worlds) with concrete material details (the crafting of a bow), reflecting how epic-Purāṇic literature links cosmic order to heroic or divine agency.
No specific toponym or identifiable geographic site is named in this verse; it refers instead to universal spatial categories (earth, directions, worlds).
Rather than an explicit moral injunction, the verse foregrounds an epistemic principle: effective action is grounded in comprehensive knowledge (sarvajñatā), presented here as the capacity to establish order and prepare appropriate means (the bow) within a restored cosmos.
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