Varaha Purana 176.76: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 76
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
वराह उवाच ॥ एवं सुखदशब्देन देववाण्या प्रचोदितः ॥ पाञ्चालसंज्ञकस्तत्र सुमन्तुं पर्यपृच्छत
varāha uvāca || evaṃ sukhadaśabdena devavāṇyā pracoditaḥ || pāñcālasaṃjñakas tatra sumantuṃ paryapṛcchata
वराह उवाच—एवं सुखदशब्दैर्देववाण्या प्रचोदितः स पाञ्चालसंज्ञकस्तत्र सुमन्तुं पर्यपृच्छत्।
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"dialogue"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
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Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: hermitage / dialogue-setting
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 176.85–176.87 (Pāñcāla’s questions about prāyaścitta and tīrtha)
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FAQs
It records a dialogic transmission scene involving a named figure (Sumantu), reflecting how Purāṇic materials are framed as received instruction within a chain of inquiry.
No specific location is named here; “tatra” (‘there’) refers back to the prior narrative setting.
It foregrounds inquiry and mentorship: knowledge is approached through respectful questioning in a teacher-student framework.
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