Varaha Purana 77.31: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 31
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
Pūrva Bhāga · Cosmological & Soteriological Descriptions (Loka-vicāra)
तत्र स्थिरगतैर्ज्ञानैर्विरजस्कैर्महात्मभिः । अक्षयः क्षयपर्यन्तो लोकः प्रोक्तः सनातनः ॥ ७७.३१ ॥
tatra sthiragatair jñānair virajaskair mahātmabhiḥ | akṣayaḥ kṣayaparyanto lokaḥ proktaḥ sanātanaḥ || 77.31 ||
tatra sthiragatairj~nAnairvirajaskairmahAtmabhiH | akShayaH kShayaparyanto lokaH proktaH sanAtanaH || 77.31 ||
वहाँ जो लोग रहते हैं उनका ज्ञान पक्का होता है। वो लोग मोह-माया से दूर रहते हैं। वहाँ एक ऐसी दुनिया है जो कभी खत्म नहीं होती। यह दुनिया हमेशा से है और प्रलय तक रहेगी।
Sandhi Notes
- स्थिरगतैर्ज्ञानैर्विरजस्कैर्महात्मभिः = स्थिरगतैः + ज्ञानैः + विरजस्कैः + महात्मभिः
Varāha
Reflective, inward-turned (implied by mokṣa-oriented content)
Sthira-jñāna and virāga (freedom from rajas) yield access to enduring states; yet even exalted realms can be bounded by pralaya—pointing beyond to the unconditioned.
Stabilize knowledge through śravaṇa–manana–nididhyāsana; reduce rajas via discipline, simplicity, and non-reactivity; aim not merely for ‘better lokas’ but for liberation beyond cycles.
The ‘imperishable realm up to the limit of dissolution’ encodes Purāṇic gradations of eternity: relative permanence (akṣaya within a kalpa) versus absolute transcendence; steadied knowledge and virajas (rajas-free) beings are the ‘supports’ of such a loka.
Virajas echoes the purification of yajña (removal of rajas/impurity); ‘kṣaya-paryanta’ parallels the closing oblations at the end of a rite—order persists until the ritual-cycle completes.
Distinction between vyāvahārika ‘eternity’ (long-lived lokas) and pāramārthika nityatva (Brahman). Steady jñāna (sthira-jñāna) and vairāgya (virajas) are classical prerequisites for mokṣa.
Varāha Purāṇa 77.77.29-32 (Uttarakuru as a higher realm; naming and fame)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of linking cosmological description with soteriology: a realm defined by purity (virajas) and stabilized knowledge (sthira-jñāna), framed within the broader doctrine of cosmic cycles and dissolution (kṣaya).
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological/metaphysical in scope.
The verse foregrounds an ideal of disciplined cognition and inner purification—knowledge that is stable and free from passion—as a defining qualification associated with access to or description of an enduring realm.
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