Varaha Purana 98.17: Adhyaya 98, Shloka 17
Chapter on the Sacred Hill Episode: Satyatapā and the Marvel of Varāha
Pūrva Bhāga · Viṣṇu’s Varāha Manifestation & Approach to the Sage
एवमुक्तस्ततो विष्णुर्वाराहं रूपमग्रहीत् ॥ मृगयुश्च तथैवेन्द्रो जग्मतुस्तमृषिं प्रति ॥
evam uktas tato viṣṇur vārāhaṃ rūpam agrahīt || mṛgayuś ca tathaivendro jagmatus tam ṛṣiṃ prati ||
evamuktastato viShNurvArAhaM rUpamagrahIt || mRRigayushcha tathaivendro jagmatustamRRiShiM prati
यह सुन के विष्णु ने वराह का रूप लिया। इंद्र भी उस शिकारी के साथ उस रिशि के पास गया।
Sandhi Notes
- विष्णुर्वाराहं = विष्णुः + वाराहम् (visarga sandhi)
- तथैवेन्द्रो = तथा + एव + इन्द्रः
- तमृषिं = तम् + ऋषिम्
Narrator
Bhagavān assumes forms to enter human moral worlds and test/teach dharma through lived situations.
Treat encounters and crises as occasions for dharmic reflection; do not judge only by outer form.
Varāha Purāṇa 98.19 (visibility/invisibility motif continues); Varāha Purāṇa 98.21-23 (hunter’s request and ethical dilemma)
FAQs
It signals a key motif of the Varāha Purāṇa—Viṣṇu’s Varāha form—used to frame encounters that connect cosmological themes with terrestrial locations.
No new location is named here; it narrates movement toward an unnamed sage within the previously established Himalayan/riverine setting.
It juxtaposes power (Indra) and ordinary livelihood (a hunter) approaching a sage, implying that inquiry and restraint should guide action across social roles.
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