Varaha Purana 1.3: Adhyaya 1, Shloka 3
Praise of Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Foundational Questions
सूत उवाच । यस्मिन् काले क्षितिः पूर्वं वराहवपुषा तु सा । उद्धृता विष्णुना भक्त्या पप्रच्छ परमेश्वरम् ॥ १.४ ॥
sūta uvāca | yasmin kāle kṣitiḥ pūrvaṁ varāhavapuṣā tu sā | uddhṛtā viṣṇunā bhaktyā papraccha parameśvaram || 1.4 ||
Sūta disse: No tempo em que, outrora, a Terra (Kṣiti) foi erguida por Viṣṇu na forma do Javali (Varāha), ela—por devoção—interrogou o Senhor Supremo.
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It establishes the Purāṇic framing device: Sūta narrates an earlier cosmic event (the Earth’s restoration) that becomes the setting for a didactic dialogue, a common compositional strategy in Purāṇa literature.
No specific terrestrial location is named in this verse; it refers broadly to the Earth (kṣiti) within a cosmic-restoration narrative.
Implicitly, the verse foregrounds a stewardship motif: the Earth is portrayed as worthy of restoration and care, and inquiry (papraccha) is presented as a legitimate path to receiving guidance from the highest authority in the narrative.
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