Varaha Purana 22.41 — Adhyaya 22, Shloka 41
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
तुम्बुरुं नारदं चैव हाहाहूहूं तथैव च । स गत्वा किन्नरांश्चैव असुरान् राक्षसानपि ॥ २२.४१ ॥
tumburuṃ nāradaṃ caiva hāhāhūhūṃ tathaiva ca | sa gatvā kinnarāṃś caiva asurān rākṣasān api || 22.41 ||
അവൻ തുംബുരുവിനെയും നാരദനെയും ഹാഹാഹൂഹൂവിനെയും കൂടെ കൂട്ടി പുറപ്പെട്ടു; കിന്നരന്മാരുടെയും അസുരന്മാരുടെയും രാക്ഷസന്മാരുടെയും അടുക്കലേക്കും പോയി।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"None","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":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Mythic Ethnography","Narrative Genealogies/Lists","Cultural Heritage (Puranic personae)"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: multi-loka mythic geography
Related Themes: Builds the convocation list begun in 22.22.40
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FAQs
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic archival technique: enumerating named figures and classes of beings to situate a narrative within a shared cosmological map of communities (celestial musicians, semi-divine groups, and adversarial lineages).
No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse; it functions as a list of beings rather than a place-based description.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical function is classificatory—presenting a structured cosmos populated by diverse beings and lineages.
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