Varaha Purana 17.23: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 23
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
सर्वे देवाः सपितरो ब्रह्माद्याश्चाण्डमध्यगाः । विष्णोः सकाशादुत्पन्ना इतीयं वैदिकी श्रुतिः ॥ १७.२३ ॥
sarve devāḥ sapitaro brahmādyāś cāṇḍa-madhyagāḥ | viṣṇoḥ sakāśād utpannā itīyaṃ vaidikī śrutiḥ || 17.23 ||
Segala dewa bersama para Pitṛ (leluhur), dan Brahmā serta yang lain yang bersemayam dalam telur kosmik, dikatakan muncul dari hadirat Viṣṇu—demikianlah dinyatakan oleh śruti Veda yang berwibawa.
Varāha (default attribution; explicit speaker not present in fragment)
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic strategy of grounding cosmological claims in the authority of “Vedic śruti,” reflecting how later Sanskrit compendia align their narratives with earlier revelatory traditions.
No geographic site is named in this verse; its focus is cosmological (the “cosmic egg,” aṇḍa) rather than a pilgrimage or terrestrial location.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse emphasizes epistemic discipline: cosmological assertions are framed as resting on recognized textual authority (śruti) within the tradition.
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