Varaha Purana 13.32 — Adhyaya 13, Shloka 32
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
एवं ऋषिस्तुतैः शास्त्रं ज्ञात्वा याज्यकसम्भवान् । स्वयं सृष्ट्यां स्मृतिर्लब्धा पुत्राणां ब्रह्मणा ततः । परं निर्वाणमापन्नास्तेऽपि ज्ञानेन एव च ॥ १३.३२ ॥
evaṁ ṛṣi-stutaiḥ śāstraṁ jñātvā yājyaka-sambhavān | svayaṁ sṛṣṭyāṁ smṛtir labdhā putrāṇāṁ brahmaṇā tataḥ | paraṁ nirvāṇam āpannās te ’pi jñānena eva ca || 13.32 ||
Так, постигнув учение, восхваляемое риши,—учение, возникающее из того, что надлежит приносить в жертве (яджне),—память была обретена в самой сотворённости. Затем, через Брахму, она была дарована и сынам; и они также достигли высшей нирваны одним лишь знанием.
Varāha (default, per dialogue framework)
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Philosophy of Liberation","Epistemology (Knowledge and Memory/Smṛti)"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: cosmic-process
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 13.13.31 (śāstra-bheda and Purāṇa testimony on mukti)
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FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis where liberation is framed through jñāna (knowledge) and the transmission of smṛti (recollective tradition), linking cosmological origins (Brahmā, creation) with soteriology (nirvāṇa).
No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse; the focus is doctrinal (knowledge, memory, liberation) rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds disciplined understanding (jñāna) as the decisive means toward the highest cessation/liberation (nirvāṇa), emphasizing intellectual and contemplative cultivation over external markers.
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