Varaha Purana 10.39: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 39
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
पूर्वदेशे च देवेन्द्रो लोकपालैः समं प्रभुः । स्थितवांस्तस्य सुमहच्चरितं सम्भविष्यति ॥ १०.४० ॥
pūrvadeśe ca devendro lokapālaiḥ samaṃ prabhuḥ | sthitavāṃs tasya sumahac-caritaṃ sambhaviṣyati || 10.40 ||
Di wilayah timur, Dewa-Indra, sang penguasa, mengambil kedudukan bersama para Lokapāla; dari sana akan muncul suatu kisah perbuatan yang amat agung.
Varāha
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Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
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Subject Matter: ["Geography","Heritage Sites","Cosmology"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: directional sacred geography / regional locus
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 10.10.41 (Gandhamādana encampment as parallel ‘sthāna’)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"anticipatory-solemn","suggested_raga":"Ānandabhairavī","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"measured, foreshadowing"}
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic mode of mapping sacred geography through cosmic administrators (Indra and the Lokapālas), indicating how regional space is framed within a larger cosmological-political order.
The text names pūrvadeśa (“the eastern region”) without a specific toponym; in scholarship it is typically treated as a directional-cultural zone rather than a single, uniquely identifiable modern site in this isolated fragment.
The verse primarily functions as narrative framing rather than direct ethical injunction; implicitly, it emphasizes ordered guardianship of regions (lokapālatva) as a model of stewardship and responsibility over inhabited space.
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