Varaha Purana 144.40 — Adhyaya 144, Shloka 40
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
अहो देव मया दृष्टो दुर्दर्शो योगिनामपि ॥ त्वया सर्वमिदं सृष्टं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥
aho deva mayā dṛṣṭo durdarśo yoginām api || tvayā sarvam idaṁ sṛṣṭaṁ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam ||
“അഹോ ദേവാ! യോഗികൾക്കും ദർശനം ദുർലഭമായ നിന്നെ ഞാൻ ദർശിച്ചു. സ്ഥാവരവും ജംഗമവും ഉൾപ്പെടുന്ന ഈ സമസ്ത ജഗത്ത് നിനക്കാൽ സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ടതാണ്.”
Gaṇḍakī
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"devotee","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":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The Lord is praised as jagat-kāraṇa (creator of all moving and unmoving), aligning Varāha/Vaiṣṇava darśana with the Vedāntic view of Īśvara as the source and support of the cosmos.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"Sat-kārya/īśvara-kāraṇatva framing: the universe (sthāvara-jaṅgama) depends on the Supreme as upādāna/nimitta in Purāṇic idiom; yoginām durdarśa underscores transcendence beyond ordinary perception."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"theology","core_concept":"Darśana of the Supreme is rare; recognizing the Lord as creator of all categories (mobile/immobile) grounds devotion in metaphysical truth.","practical_application":"Contemplate the divine as present in all beings and ecosystems (sthāvara-jaṅgama); let awe mature into ethical care and steady worship."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 144.43 (beginning of stuti)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Gaṇḍakī, hands folded and eyes uplifted, praises the Lord as the creator of all; behind or around them, a symbolic panorama of the cosmos—mountains, trees, animals, birds—suggesting sthāvara and jaṅgama.","item_prompts":["devotee in añjali","Lord radiant and composed","symbolic montage of flora and fauna","mountains/trees (sthāvara)","animals/birds/humans (jaṅgama)","subtle cosmic backdrop (stars/mandala)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: stylized cosmic background with layered flora/fauna; Lord central with calm majesty; devotee praising; strong color blocks and ornamental clouds.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-leaf halo and cosmic aureole; embossed motifs of creation around; devotee at side; rich jewel tones emphasizing adbhuta.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: detailed natural elements (trees, animals) rendered delicately; luminous but restrained divinity; emphasis on devotional expression.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative landscape filled with small animals and trees; soft sky; Lord and devotee in the foreground; lyrical wonder."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"awe-filled hymnody","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"uplifted, ringing, devotional"}
FAQs
It reflects a widely shared Sanskrit cosmological idiom—‘moving and unmoving’—that catalogs biodiversity and material reality, bridging philosophy and ecological description.
No specific location is named; the verse is hymnic and cosmological rather than topographic.
By treating all beings (mobile and immobile) as part of a single created order, the verse supports an ethic of non-negligence toward the broader living landscape.
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