Varaha Purana 113.35: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 35
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
प्रत्याख्याता भगवता तेनाप्युक्तमिदं वचः ।। नाहं तारयितुं शक्तः सुष्रोणि व्रज माधवम्
pratyākhyātā bhagavatā tenāpy uktam idaṃ vacaḥ || nāhaṃ tārayituṃ śaktaḥ suśroṇi vraja mādhavam
ខ្ញុំត្រូវបានព្រះភគវានបដិសេធ ហើយព្រះองค์បានមានព្រះវាចនានេះថា៖ ‘ឱ នារីមានត្រគាកស្រស់ស្អាត ខ្ញុំមិនអាចសង្គ្រោះអ្នកបានទេ; ចូរទៅរកមាធវ (Mādhava)’។
Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī) reporting Brahmā’s response
FAQs
It shows hierarchical narrative routing—authority is distributed, and resolution is deferred to the figure framed as most competent, a common structural device in Purāṇic compilation.
No geographic site is specified; the verse is concerned with divine interlocutors and authority.
Acknowledging limitations and directing the vulnerable toward effective support is presented as a responsible course of action.
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