Varaha Purana 69.8: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 8
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
भूमौ स्थितं तु मां दृष्ट्वा हुंकारमकरोद् द्विजः । तद्धुंकारात् तु पातालं भित्त्वा पञ्च हि कन्यकाः ॥ ६९.८ ॥
bhūmau sthitaṃ tu māṃ dṛṣṭvā huṃkāram akarod dvijaḥ | tad-dhuṃkārāt tu pātālaṃ bhittvā pañca hi kanyakāḥ || 69.8 ||
ഞാൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ നിൽക്കുന്നതു കണ്ട ദ്വിജൻ ‘ഹും’ എന്നു ഹുങ്കാരം ചെയ്തു. ആ ഹുങ്കാരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പാതാളം ഭേദിച്ച് അഞ്ചു കന്യകൾ പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
Varāha (default narrative speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in the excerpt)
FAQs
It illustrates a typical Purāṇic narrative technique in which a spoken utterance (huṃkāra) functions as a causal trigger for cosmographic events, reflecting the genre’s interest in linking speech, ritual authority (dvija), and the layered structure of the cosmos (e.g., Pātāla).
Pātāla is identified as a netherworld region within classical Indic cosmography; it is not a terrestrial site with a single agreed modern geographic identification, but a mythic-subterranean locus used across Purāṇic and epic literature.
The verse primarily serves a narrative-cosmological function rather than issuing an explicit ethical injunction; indirectly, it foregrounds the perceived potency of disciplined speech associated with a dvija within Purāṇic cultural frameworks.
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