Varaha Purana 35.12: Adhyaya 35, Shloka 12
The Account of Soma’s Decline and Restoration, and the Paurṇamāsī Observance
ते सर्वे तत्र सहिताः ममन्थुर्वरुणालयम् । तस्मिंस्तु मथिते जातः पुनः सोमो महीपते ॥ ३५.१२ ॥
te sarve tatra sahitā mamanthur varuṇālayam | tasmiṃstu mathite jātaḥ punaḥ somo mahīpate || 35.12 ||
सब मिलके उस समुंदर को मथने लगे। जब वोह मथ गया, सोम फिर से मिल गया। राजा, सोम वापस आ गया।
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not marked in this fragment)
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It preserves a widely attested Purāṇic cosmogonic motif—churning of the ocean (mathana)—used across Sanskrit literature to explain the emergence or re-emergence of key cosmic entities such as Soma (the Moon).
No terrestrial site is specified; “Varuṇa’s abode” (varuṇālayam) is a mythic designation for the ocean as a cosmic space rather than a single mappable location.
The verse does not state a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is primarily cosmological, presenting ordered emergence from collective effort (churning) as a recurring pattern in Purāṇic narrative.
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