Varaha Purana 2.51: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 51
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरश्च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । एतस्मिन्ये महासत्त्वा राजानो भूरिदक्षिणाः । देवासुराश्च यं चक्रुर्धर्मं कर्म च तच्छृणु ॥ २.५० ॥
kṛtaṁ tretā dvāparaś ca kaliś ceti caturyugam | etasmin ye mahāsattvā rājāno bhūridakṣiṇāḥ | devāsurāś ca yaṁ cakrur dharmaṁ karma ca tac chṛṇu || 2.50 ||
കൃതം, ത്രേതാ, ദ്വാപരം, കലിചെയ്തി—ഇവയാണ് ചതുര്യുഗം. ഈ ചക്രത്തിൽ മഹാസത്ത്വമുള്ള, ധാരാളം ദാനദക്ഷിണ നൽകുന്ന രാജാക്കന്മാർ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. ദേവന്മാരും അസുരന്മാരും സ്ഥാപിച്ച ധർമ്മവും കർമാചാരവും കേൾക്കുക.
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It reflects the Purāṇic systematization of time into four yugas (caturyuga), a widely shared framework in early Indian cosmological and historiographical thought used to contextualize shifts in social order and moral norms.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily a cosmological and ethical framing statement.
The verse frames dharma and karma as instituted norms worth attentive study, emphasizing listening/learning as the method for understanding the established order of duty and action across cosmic time.
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