Varaha Purana 39.66: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 66
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
ततो ब्रह्मोपसंहारे तल्लयं तिष्ठते चिरम् । पुनः सृष्टौ भवेद् देवो वैराजानां महातपाः ॥ ३९.६६ ॥
tato brahmopasaṁhāre tallayaṁ tiṣṭhate ciram | punaḥ sṛṣṭau bhaved devo vairājānāṁ mahātapāḥ || 39.66 ||
जब ब्रह्मा सब कुछ वापस ले लेते हैं, तब वो बहुत देर तक उसी में रहते हैं। फिर जब फिर से दुनिया बनती है, वो बड़े तप वाले देवता विराजों में आ जाते हैं।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic model of cyclical time—creation, dissolution, and re-creation—using technical terms (sṛṣṭi, upasaṁhāra, laya) that are central to early medieval Sanskrit cosmological discourse.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and metaphysical rather than topographical.
Rather than a direct ethical rule, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: beings and cosmic agents undergo periods of dissolution (laya) and re-emergence, emphasizing impermanence of manifested forms and continuity of cyclical order.
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