Varaha Purana 3.22: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 22
Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa
इति श्रुत्वा वचो मह्यं देवदेवः सनातनः । उवाच प्रकृतिं विप्र संसारस्वाक्षयामिमाम् ॥ ३.२२ ॥
iti śrutvā vaco mahyaṃ devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ | uvāca prakṛtiṃ vipra saṃsārasvākṣayām imām || 3.22 ||
ເມື່ອພຣະເທວະເທວະຜູ້ນິລັນດອນ ໄດ້ຟັງຖ້ອຍຄຳຂອງຂ້ອຍແລ້ວ ພຣະອົງກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ພຣາຫມັນ, ຂ້ອຍຈະປະກາດປຣະກຣິຕິ (Prakṛti) ນີ້—ຖານອັນບໍ່ເສື່ອມຂອງສັງສາຣ (saṃsāra).”
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It illustrates a Purāṇic teaching style in which cosmological/philosophical categories (such as Prakṛti and saṃsāra) are introduced through dialogue, reflecting the integration of older philosophical vocabulary into narrative scripture.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse; the focus is conceptual (Prakṛti and the imperishable basis of saṃsāra).
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse frames a philosophical instruction: understanding the enduring basis (Prakṛti) underlying worldly experience, which supports reflective discernment in later ethical reasoning.
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