Varaha Purana 144.43 — Adhyaya 144, Shloka 43
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
तवैवाद्या जगन्माता या शक्तिः परमा स्मृता ॥ तां योगमायां प्रकृतिं प्रधानमिति चक्षते ॥
tavaivādyā jaganmātā yā śaktiḥ paramā smṛtā || tāṁ yogamāyāṁ prakṛtiṁ pradhānam iti cakṣate ||
Milik-Mu jua Ibu Jagat yang mula, yang diingati dalam Smṛti sebagai Śakti tertinggi. Dia disebut Yogamāyā, Prakṛti, dan juga Pradhāna.
Gaṇḍakī
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"observer","key_question":"How is the supreme World-Mother power related to the Lord, and why is she termed Yogamāyā/Prakṛti/Pradhāna?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"krishna_connection":"Indirect: Yogamāyā later becomes a key Kṛṣṇa-līlā category, but here treated cosmologically."}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Integrates Sāṅkhya categories into Vaiṣṇava theology: Pradhāna/Prakṛti is not independent but ‘belongs to’ the Lord as His primordial śakti (jaganmātā), functioning as Yogamāyā in manifestation.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Ritual-cosmic pairing: Puruṣa as yajamāna and Prakṛti as the sacrificial field/material cause; ‘world-mother’ frames the cosmos as born from śakti under the Lord’s sovereignty.","vedantic_connection":"Affirms māyā/śakti as dependent power (parā-śakti) of Brahman/Viṣṇu; reconciles nirguṇa discourse with the operative guṇa-matrix of creation."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Sāṅkhya-Vedānta synthesis","core_concept":"Prakṛti/Pradhāna/Yogamāyā is the Lord’s own supreme śakti, the world-mother, not an autonomous principle.","practical_application":"Interpret worldly experience (guṇas, change) as māyā’s operation under the Lord; avoid reifying Prakṛti as ultimate—seek the śaktimān (Lord) behind śakti."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Philosophy"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: 144.48.0; 144.49.0
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A cosmic diagram made visual: Mahāviṣṇu as the sovereign source, with a radiant feminine power (jaganmātā) emerging as Yogamāyā/Prakṛti—depicted as the matrix from which worlds arise.","item_prompts":["Viṣṇu seated/standing as source","feminine śakti figure labeled by symbols (lotus, veil, guṇa-threads)","emanating worlds/eggs from Prakṛti","three guṇa strands (sattva-rajas-tamas)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Viṣṇu central; to one side a dignified Devī-like Prakṛti with veil motif (māyā); guṇa-threads stylized; cosmic emanations in mural conventions.","tanjore_prompt":"Gold-backed Viṣṇu with ornate śakti figure; embossed guṇa motifs; rich ornamentation emphasizing ‘parā śakti’.","mysore_prompt":"Balanced composition: Viṣṇu and śakti in refined classical proportions; subtle guṇa color-coding; scholarly serenity.","pahari_prompt":"Pastel landscape-cosmos; gentle Devī as world-mother with flowing veil; small globes/worlds emerging; lyrical mysticism."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"explanatory, luminous","suggested_raga":"Hamsadhwani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"warm, instructive, with clarity on technical terms (yogamāyā/prakṛti/pradhāna)"}
FAQs
It preserves a layered technical vocabulary (Yogamāyā/Prakṛti/Pradhāna) indicating dialogue between devotional Purāṇic frameworks and Sāṅkhya-style cosmological categories.
None; the verse is conceptual, describing cosmological principles rather than sites.
By presenting the world as structured through an ordered power (śakti/prakṛti), it invites an ethic of attentiveness to causality and the integrity of nature as a coherent system.
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