Varaha Purana 22.27: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 27
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
एवमुक्त्वा तदा देवी पितरं प्रति भामिनी । कृताञ्जलिपुटा भूत्वा हिमवन्तमुवाच ह ॥ २२.२७ ॥
evam uktvā tadā devī pitaraṁ prati bhāminī | kṛtāñjalipuṭā bhūtvā himavantam uvāca ha || 22.27 ||
Setelah berkata demikian, sang Dewi yang berseri itu menghadap ayahandanya; dengan kedua telapak tangan dirapatkan penuh hormat, baginda bertutur kepada Himavān.
Devī (speaker not named in this excerpt; addressing Himavān as father)
FAQs
It preserves a conventional Purāṇic narrative style in which personified landscapes (e.g., Himavān, the Himalaya) participate in dialogue, reflecting how geography is integrated into cultural memory and literary cosmography.
Himavān refers to the Himalaya (Himālaya range), frequently personified in Sanskrit literature as a paternal figure and as a major marker of North Indian sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds respectful address and humility (añjali gesture) in discourse, presenting reverence toward elders/guardians as a normative social-ethical posture within the narrative.
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