Varaha Purana 2.57: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 57
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
तस्यासनं च पाद्यं च सम्यक् तस्य निवेद्य वै । स्वागतातिभिरालापैः परस्परमवोचताम् । कथान्ते नारदं राजा पप्रच्छ ब्रह्मवादिनम् ॥ २.५६ ॥
tasyāsanaṃ ca pādyaṃ ca samyak tasya nivedya vai | svāgatādibhir ālāpaiḥ parasparam avochetām | kathānte nāradaṃ rājā papraccha brahmavādinam || 2.56 ||
Baginda dengan sempurna mempersembahkan tempat duduk dan air basuhan kaki (pādya) kepadanya; lalu kedua-duanya bertukar kata-kata alu-aluan yang sopan. Pada akhir perbualan, raja pun bertanya kepada Nārada, sang penutur ajaran Brahman.
Narrator (implicit); dialogue participants: Rājā and Nārada
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It preserves a normative model of reception (āsana, pādya, svāgata) that is widely attested in Sanskrit narrative and dharma literature, illustrating how formal hospitality frames the transmission of learned discourse.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a scene-setting transition into the king’s inquiry to Nārada.
The verse foregrounds courteous hospitality and respectful dialogue as prerequisites for knowledge exchange—an ethical norm presented as cultural practice rather than doctrinal command.
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