Varaha Purana 2.63: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 63
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
विस्मृतं सर्ववेदाश्च सर्वशास्त्राणि चैव ह । योगशास्त्राणि शिक्षाश्च वेदानां स्मृतयस्तथा ॥ २.६२ ॥
vismṛtaṃ sarvavedāś ca sarvaśāstrāṇi caiva ha | yogaśāstrāṇi śikṣāś ca vedānāṃ smṛtayas tathā || 2.62 ||
Все Веды были забыты, равно как и все шастры; забыты также шастры о йоге и дисциплина Шикша (Śikṣā, фонетика), и так же смрити, связанные с Ведами.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic motif of cultural amnesia or disruption in the transmission of learned traditions (Veda, śāstra, smṛti), which frames the need for renewed instruction and preservation of knowledge.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; the focus is on the status of textual and disciplinary traditions.
The verse implicitly emphasizes the cultural value of safeguarding and restoring learned traditions—Vedic study, disciplined recitation (śikṣā), and associated interpretive/legal memory (smṛti)—as part of responsible stewardship of inherited knowledge.
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