Varaha Purana 21.19 — Adhyaya 21, Shloka 19
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
रुद्रः कोपोद्भवो यस्तु पूर्वं मग्नो महाजले । स सहस्रार्कसंकाशो निष्चक्राम जलात् ततः ॥ २१.२० ॥
rudraḥ kopodbhavo yas tu pūrvaṁ magno mahājale | sa sahasrārkasaṅkāśo niścakrāma jalāt tataḥ || 21.20 ||
ಕೋಪದಿಂದ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದ ರುದ್ರನು ಹಿಂದೆ ಮಹಾಜಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಳುಗಿದ್ದನು; ನಂತರ ಸಹಸ್ರ ಸೂರ್ಯರಂತೆ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನನಾಗಿ ನೀರಿನಿಂದ ಹೊರಬಂದನು.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit 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"}
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Mythic History","Theophany (manifestation imagery)"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: cosmic ocean
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 21.21.21 (deity shining through tapas)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"fierce-awe","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"brisk","voice_tone":"forceful, bright on ‘sahasrārka’"}
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic narrative motif in which deities emerge from primordial waters, reflecting shared cosmological imagery across early Sanskrit traditions and later Purāṇic redactions.
No specific terrestrial location is named; the setting is mythic-cosmological (“mahājala”, the great waters), a common Purāṇic cosmological environment rather than a mapped pilgrimage site.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis is on transformation and emergence—depicting potent energy (kopa) as a causal force within cosmic narrative rather than issuing a direct moral injunction.
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