Varaha Purana 71.12: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 12
Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account
एवमुक्तस्तदा तेन ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा । उवाच सद्यः पङ्क्तिं मे धान्यानां देहि पद्मज ॥ ७१.१२ ॥
evam uktas tadā tena brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā | uvāca sadyaḥ paṅktiṃ me dhānyānāṃ dehi padmaja || 71.12 ||
जब ब्रह्मा ने यह कहा, तो वो रिशि तुरंत बोला, मुझे अभी एक लाइन में दाल चाहिए। पद्मजा, यह मुझे दे दो।
Unspecified (narrative voice reports speech; addressee is 'Padmaja')
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It reflects a Purāṇic narrative style where cosmic figures (e.g., Brahmā) frame requests and exchanges using administrative and material imagery (such as grains), offering insight into how cosmology and social economy are rhetorically linked in Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment; it centers on a dialogue reference to Brahmā (lokakartṛ) and the epithet Padmaja.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse foregrounds the theme of provision and orderly distribution (paṅkti of dhānya), which can be read as a cultural emphasis on sustenance, resource allocation, and the material basis of social continuity.
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