Varaha Purana 37.7: Adhyaya 37, Shloka 7
The Threefold Discipline (Mental, Physical, Verbal) and the Salvific Power of Hearing Nārāyaṇa’s Name
अत्रापि श्रूयते चान्यदृषिरुग्रतपाः पुरा । ब्रह्मपुत्रः पुरा कल्पे अरुणिर्नाम नामतः ॥ ३७.७ ॥
atrāpi śrūyate cānyad ṛṣir ugratapāḥ purā | brahmaputraḥ purā kalpe aruṇir nāma nāmataḥ || 37.7 ||
इस बारे में एक और कहानी सुनाई देती है। बहुत पहले एक रिशि था जिसका नाम अरुणि था। वो बहुत तपस्या करता था। लोग कहते हैं वो ब्रह्मा का बेटा था, उस वक्त जब यह दुनिया पहली बार बनी थी।
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It preserves a purāṇic narrative technique: introducing an additional traditional report (śrūyate) and anchoring it in cosmic time (kalpa), which functions as mythic historiography rather than verifiable chronology.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; it primarily identifies a figure (the sage Aruṇi) and situates him within a kalpa-based cosmological timeframe.
The verse foregrounds tapas (austerity/discipline) as a valued cultural-ethical ideal by highlighting an ṛṣi characterized as ugratapāḥ, setting a normative frame for disciplined conduct in subsequent narrative.
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