Varaha Purana 13.28 — Adhyaya 13, Shloka 28
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
कल्पवासिकसंज्ञानां तेषामपि जने गताः । सनकाद्यास्ततस्तेषां वैराजास्तपसि स्थिताः । तेषां सत्यगता मुक्ताः इत्येषा पितृसंततिः ॥ १३.२८ ॥
kalpavāsikasaṃjñānāṃ teṣām api jane gatāḥ | sanakādyās tatas teṣāṃ vairājās tapasi sthitāḥ | teṣāṃ satyagatā muktā ityeṣā pitṛsaṃtatiḥ || 13.28 ||
អ្នកដែលគេហៅថា កល្បវាសិកៈ ក៏បានឆ្លងទៅកាន់លោកនៃសត្វមានជីវិតដែរ។ បន្ទាប់មក ក្នុងចំណោមពួកគេ សនកៈ និងអ្នកដទៃ ដែលគេហៅថា វៃរាជៈ បានឈរជាប់ក្នុងតបស្យា។ ក្នុងចំណោមពួកគេ អ្នកដែលបានឈានដល់ សត្យលោក (អាណាចក្រនៃសេចក្តីពិត) បានរួចផុត។ ដូច្នេះហើយ នេះជាសន្តតិរបស់បិតೃ (ថ្នាក់បុព្វបុរស)។
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicitly indicated in excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"soteriology (mokṣa via loka-adhigama and tapas)","core_concept":"Tapas and truth-alignment culminate in ascent to Satya and liberation for certain pitṛ-classes (e.g., Vairājas/Sanaka-ādi).","practical_application":"Cultivate tapas, satya, and vairāgya; read genealogical cosmology as a hierarchy of inner purification rather than mere mythic taxonomy."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Genealogy","Soteriology (Liberation concepts)"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: cosmic realm
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: Pitṛ-kalpa / pitṛ-bheda sections around this adhyāya (genealogical listing continuing into vv. 29–30)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A cosmographic tableau: successive ancestral classes moving through subtle realms; Sanaka and other Vairājas seated in austere tapas; a luminous Satya-realm above signifying liberation.","item_prompts":["tiered cosmic planes","groups of pitṛs in procession","Sanaka-ādi kumāras in meditation","a radiant Satya-loka halo","a genealogical ‘tree’ motif subtly implied"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style, flat yet ornate cosmic tiers, saffron-clad ascetics (Sanaka-ādi) in yogic posture, luminous upper realm labeled Satya, rich reds/ochres/greens, stylized clouds and lotuses.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style, central meditating Sanaka-ādi with gold-leaf aura, upper Satya-loka as gilded mandala, lower pitṛ groups in orderly bands, jewel-toned garments, embossed ornaments.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, delicate linework, soft shading, serene ascetics, subtle cosmic gradation from earth-tones to pale gold Satya-realm, minimal but elegant ornamentation.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style, lyrical hills-as-cosmic-layers metaphor, pale washes, ascetics under stylized trees, Satya-realm as bright sky pavilion, narrative bands showing pitṛ lineage."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative, cosmological","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, didactic, inward"}
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic-style classification of ancestral (Pitṛ) or primordial lineages, linking cosmological taxonomy with ascetic ideals and liberation—an important feature of early medieval Sanskrit encyclopedic literature.
No terrestrial geography is specified; the verse refers instead to cosmological realms, notably ‘Satya’ (commonly understood as Satyaloka/Brahmaloka in Purāṇic cosmology).
The verse foregrounds tapas (disciplined ascetic practice) and truth-oriented attainment as a pathway associated with liberation, presented descriptively rather than as a prescriptive command.
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