Varaha Purana 9.1: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 1
The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
धरन्युवाच । आदौ कृतयुगे नाथ किं कृतं विश्वमूर्त्तिना । नारायणेन तत्सर्वं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥ ९.१ ॥
dharaṇy uvāca | ādau kṛtayuge nātha kiṁ kṛtaṁ viśvamūrtinā | nārāyaṇena tat sarvaṁ śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ || 9.1 ||
धरणी ने पूछा। प्रभु, पहले सतयुग में नारायण ने क्या किया? नारायण जिसका रूप पूरी दुनिया है। मैं सच-सच सुनना चाहती हूँ, पूरा बताइए।
Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī/Earth)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic framing device: a personified entity (Earth/Dharaṇī) initiates a doctrinal-historical narrative by requesting a truthful account of primordial events, anchoring the chapter within yuga-based cosmological historiography.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is temporal (Kṛtayuga) and cosmological rather than topographical.
The verse foregrounds an epistemic ethic: seeking an account “tattvataḥ” (according to real principles), emphasizing careful, truth-oriented inquiry before accepting cosmological or historical claims.
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