Varaha Purana 35.8: Adhyaya 35, Shloka 8
The Account of Soma’s Decline and Restoration, and the Paurṇamāsī Observance
मूलेषु वीरुधां सोमः स्थित इत्यूचुरातुराः । तेषां चिन्ताऽभवत् तीव्रा विष्णुं च शरणं ययुः ॥ ३५.८ ॥
mūleṣu vīrudhāṃ somaḥ sthita ity ūcur āturāḥ | teṣāṃ cintā ’bhavat tīvrā viṣṇuṃ ca śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ || 35.8 ||
वोह लोग बहुत परेशान थे। उन्होंने कहा कि सोम पौधों की जड़ों में छुपा है। अब उनका डर और बढ़ गया। फिर सब मिलके विष्णु की शरण में गए।
Narrator (speaker not explicit in excerpt; default narrative frame within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue context)
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of explaining natural phenomena—linking botanical vitality (roots and sap) with the Soma motif—within a narrative that frames human (or divine) response to crisis through counsel and recourse.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it focuses on a botanical/cosmological claim about Soma being located in plant roots.
In moments of distress and uncertainty, the passage models seeking a stabilizing source of guidance (śaraṇa), presented here as approaching Viṣṇu, rather than acting from panic.
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