Varaha Purana 99.6: Adhyaya 99, Shloka 6
The Greatness and Rite of the Sesame-Cow (Tiladhenu) Gift
अथवा ज्ञानशक्तिः सा महिषोऽज्ञानमूर्त्तिमान् ॥ अज्ञानं ज्ञानसाध्यं तु भवतीति न संशयः ॥
athavā jñānaśaktiḥ sā mahiṣo'jñānamūrttimān || ajñānaṃ jñānasādhyaṃ tu bhavatīti na saṃśayaḥ ||
या फिर ऐसे भी समझो, वो ज्ञान की शक्ति है। महिष मतलब भैंस, वो अंधा विश्वास की शकल है। ज्ञान से ही अंधा विश्वास दूर होता है, इसमें कोई शक नहीं।
Varāha
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic exegetical move: mythic combat is reframed as an inner philosophical drama, aligning narrative theology with epistemic ethics.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it functions primarily as philosophical commentary.
The central instruction is that ignorance is to be countered through knowledge (jñāna), a broadly shared ethical-philosophical principle in Sanskrit literature.
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