Varaha Purana 33.1: Adhyaya 33, Shloka 1
The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati
श्रीवराह उवाच । अथापरां रुद्रसम्भूतिमाद्यां शृणुष्व राजन्निति सोऽभ्युवाच । महातपाः प्रीतितो धर्म्मदक्षः क्षमास्त्रधारी ऋषिरुग्रतेजाः ॥ ३३.१ ॥
śrīvarāha uvāca | athāparāṃ rudrasaṃbhūtim ādyāṃ śṛṇuṣva rājann iti so 'bhyuvāca | mahātapāḥ prītito dharmmadakṣaḥ kṣamāstradhārī ṛṣir ugratejāḥ || 33.1 ||
ശ്രീവരാഹൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ രാജാവേ! ഇനി രുദ്രന്റെ ആദിമ ഉത്ഭവവൃത്താന്തം കേൾക്കുക—എന്ന് അദ്ദേഹം പറഞ്ഞു. (അവിടെ) ഒരു മഹാതപസ്വി ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു—പ്രസന്നചിത്തൻ, ധർമ്മത്തിൽ ദക്ഷൻ, ക്ഷമ എന്ന ആയുധം ധരിച്ച, ഉഗ്രതേജസ്സുള്ള ഋഷി।
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It introduces a Purāṇic origin-account (saṃbhūti) of Rudra within a didactic dialogue, reflecting a common narrative strategy in Purāṇa literature: cosmological and genealogical material is framed as instruction delivered by an authoritative speaker to a royal listener.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative preface and character-description rather than a sacred-geography marker.
The verse highlights kṣamā (forbearance) as a disciplined power—metaphorically a ‘weapon’—and presents dharma-competence (dharma-dakṣatā) and self-restraint (tapas) as exemplary qualities of an ideal sage.
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