Varaha Purana 191.5: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 5
Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation
Uttara Bhāga · Ritual-Etiology Narratives (Madhuparka) within Varāha–Pṛthivī Dialogue
वराहरूपी भगवान् प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम् ॥
varāharūpī bhagavān pratyuvāca vasundharām |
varAharUpI bhagavAnpratyuvAcha vasundharAm
വരാഹരൂപനായ ഭഗവാൻ വസുന്ധരയ്ക്ക് മറുപടി പറഞ്ഞു.
Sandhi Notes
- वराहरूपी = वराह + रूपी (तत्पुरुष)
- प्रत्युवाच = प्रति + उवाच (उपसर्ग-संयोग)
Narrator (contextual transition to Varāha’s speech)
Receptive, awaiting instruction
Dharma is disclosed through Bhagavān’s speech; the Lord assumes forms yet remains the source of right instruction.
Treat ensuing instructions as normative guidance; receive teaching with śraddhā and implement carefully.
Explicit only that he is ‘Varāha-rūpī’.
Direct address: Varāha replies to Vasundharā; interaction is compassionate instruction in response to her questions.
Identity as Bhagavān/Viṣṇu is affirmed.
Beginning of Varāha’s answer section on madhuparka/dāna that follows
FAQs
It marks a formal shift into direct discourse, a common Purāṇic device used to structure teaching as a dialogue between a divine instructor and an inquiring figure (here, Earth).
No specific location is named in this verse; it identifies the interlocutor as Vasundharā (Earth) rather than a terrestrial site.
No explicit ethical injunction appears here; the verse functions as a narrative hinge introducing Varāha’s explanatory response.
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