Varaha Purana 166.13: Adhyaya 166, Shloka 13
The Greatness of the Sacred Pond Called Asikuṇḍa
जय विश्वेश कर्त्तेश जय देव नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ तीर्थैः स्तुतोऽहं वसुधे वचनं चेदमब्रुवम् ।
jaya viśveśa kartteśa jaya deva namo 'stu te || śrīvarāha uvāca || tīrthaiḥ stuto 'haṁ vasudhe vacanaṁ cedam abruvam |
“ຊະນະແດ່ພຣະວິສເວສ ຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າແຫ່ງສາກົນ; ຊະນະແດ່ພຣະກັຣຕເຕສ ຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າແຫ່ງການກະທຳ; ຊະນະແດ່ພຣະເທວ—ຂໍນົບນ້ອມແດ່ພຣະອົງ” ສຣີວະຣາຫະກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ວະສຸທາ (ແຜ່ນດິນ) ເມື່ອຖືກຕີຣຖະທັງຫຼາຍສັນລະເສີນແລ້ວ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງກ່າວຖ້ອຍຄຳນີ້”
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"dialogue","earth_interaction":"Addresses Vasudhā directly within a dialogic frame; receives praise mediated by the tīrthas."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"attentive, receptive to narration about sacred places","key_question":"Implicit frame-setting: what response will Varāha give after being praised by the tīrthas, and how will it affect Earth and her tīrthas?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"krishna_connection":"Indirect only: Vaiṣṇava narrative frame that will soon move toward Mathurā."}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"theology of sacred space","core_concept":"Tīrthas are not inert sites; they participate in dharmic order and can invoke divine protection through stuti.","practical_application":"Approach pilgrimage places with reverence and ethical responsibility, seeing them as living nodes of dharma."}
Subject Matter: ["Dialogue Frame","Sacred Geography","Narrative Theology"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: sacred network (tīrtha-mandala)
Related Themes: 166.16.0 (boon request follows); 166.18.0 (Varāha acts for tīrthas; Mathurā entry)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha in regal divine presence receiving hymnic praise from personified tīrthas, then turning to speak to Earth (Vasudhā).","item_prompts":["Varāha as Viṣṇu-incarnation with aura","personified tīrthas as sages/river-deities with water pots","Vasudhā/Bhūdevī listening","gesture of blessing and speech (abhaya/varada mudrā)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: frontal Varāha with luminous halo, tīrtha-deities in orderly rows holding kamaṇḍalu, Bhūdevī seated respectfully; rich reds/ochres, stylized eyes.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with heavy gold halo and ornaments, embossed tīrtha figures with kalasha, Bhūdevī at side; gold-leaf emphasis on divinity and stuti.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: delicate linework, soft shading; Varāha speaking, tīrthas in devotional posture, Bhūdevī attentive; palace-like compositional symmetry.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical landscape with river-banks suggesting tīrthas; Varāha as blue-golden divine figure, Bhūdevī in gentle profile; minimal architecture, poetic space."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"maṅgala-stuti leading into kathā","suggested_raga":"Madhyamāvati","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"reverent, proclamatory on ‘jaya’, then narrative-calm on ‘uvāca’"}
FAQs
It preserves the common Purāṇic dialogue architecture (speaker tags like ‘uvāca’) valuable for manuscript segmentation and oral-performance cues.
The immediate verse addresses Vasudhā (Earth) rather than a site; Mathurā is established as the setting in the surrounding verses of the same chapter.
The verse emphasizes accountable speech in response to communal praise—an ethic of measured reply within a dialogic teaching format.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Varaha Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.