Varaha Purana 52.9: Adhyaya 52, Shloka 9
The Genealogy of Trivarṇa, Manohvā, and the Akṣa Lineage, with the Construction of the Nine-Gated City
स कदाचिन्नृपः खिन्नः कर्मकाण्डं प्ररोचयन् । सर्वज्ञो योगनिद्रायां स्थित्वा पुत्रं ससर्ज ह ॥ ५२.९ ॥
sa kadācin nṛpaḥ khinnaḥ karmakāṇḍaṃ prarocayan | sarvajño yoganidrāyāṃ sthitvā putraṃ sasarja ha || 52.9 ||
एक बार वो राजा थक गया था। वो कर्म का काम करने लगा। वो सब कुछ जानता था। उसने योग की नींद में जाकर एक बेटा बनाया।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: linking royal lineage and governance to ritual orthopraxy (karmakāṇḍa) while also invoking yogic states (yoganidrā) as a legitimizing, cosmically sanctioned mode of creation or succession.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions within a narrative sequence focused on kingship, ritual inclination, and progeny.
The verse implicitly juxtaposes ritual engagement (karmakāṇḍa) with contemplative/yogic authority (yoganidrā), suggesting that political or personal weariness may lead rulers to seek stabilization through established ritual order and sanctioned succession.
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