Varaha Purana 149.2: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 2
The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā
Uttara Bhāga · Dvārakā–Māhātmya (Transition into Sacred Geography of Dvārakā)
धरण्युवाच॥ एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु माहात्म्यं देव देववर प्रभो॥ मम चित्तस्य परमा जाता शान्तिरनुत्तमा॥
dharaṇy uvāca || etac chrutvā tu māhātmyaṃ deva devavara prabho || mama cittasya paramā jātā śāntir anuttamā ||
dharaNyuvAcha|| etachChrutvA tu mAhAtmyaM deva devavara prabho || mama chittasya paramA jAtA shAntiranuttamA
Dharaṇī (Bumi) berkata: “Setelah mendengar kisah kemuliaan ini, wahai Dewa—yang terbaik antara para dewa, wahai Tuhan—dalam hatiku telah timbul ketenangan yang tertinggi, tiada bandingan.”
Sandhi Notes
- dharaṇy uvāca → dharaṇī uvāca (y + u sandhi)
- etac chrutvā → etat śrutvā (t + ś)
Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī/Earth)
Deeply pacified, relieved, grateful
Implicit: How does hearing sacred māhātmya bring supreme peace, and what should be heard/asked next?
Sacred listening transforms the inner world: śravaṇa → tuṣṭi → śānti.
Use regular śravaṇa/adhyayana of purāṇic kathā to cultivate mental peace and ethical steadiness.
Bhū-devī addresses Varāha directly, expressing inner peace gained from his narration.
Earth’s ‘peace’ after divine instruction mirrors the restoration motif central to Varāha: the stabilizing of the world through knowledge and grace, not only through physical rescue.
Śānti as a fruit of right knowledge and devotion: the mind settles when aligned with dharma and īśvara-kathā.
149.1.0 (Sūta frames Bhū-devī’s satisfaction); 149.3.0 (narrator’s praise of the Lord as protector-teacher)
FAQs
It exemplifies the Earth–instructor dialogue typical of the Varāha Purāṇa’s didactic structure, using affective response (śānti) to validate the preceding māhātmya.
No specific location is named in this verse; it serves as a transition into the Dvārakā-focused section.
Attentive listening to instructive narratives is presented as conducive to inner peace and ethical orientation.
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