Varaha Purana 113.68: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 68
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
श्रद्धासि त्वं च देवेश दोषहन्तासि माधव ॥ अण्डजोद्भिज्जस्वेदानां जरायूनां च माधव ॥
śraddhāsi tvaṃ ca deveśa doṣahantāsi mādhava || aṇḍajodbhijjasvedānāṃ jarāyūnāṃ ca mādhava ||
Engkaulah śraddhā (keyakinan suci), wahai Tuhan para dewa; Engkaulah pemusnah segala cela, wahai Mādhava. Engkaulah juga asas penopang bagi makhluk yang lahir dari telur, tumbuh dari tunas, lahir dari peluh, dan lahir dari rahim, wahai Mādhava.
Pṛthivī (inferred continuation of direct address)
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It preserves a classical Indian taxonomy of living beings by modes of birth, important for the history of ideas in cosmology, biology-adjacent classification, and Purāṇic worldviews.
No geographic location is mentioned; the reference is to categories of living beings across the world.
The verse frames the divine as the ground of trust and moral purification (removal of faults), encouraging ethical self-correction alongside a cosmological view of life’s diversity.
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