Varaha Purana 191.7: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 7
Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation
अहं ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च कृत्वा लोकस्य संक्षयम् ॥ अव्यक्तानि च भूतानि यानि कानि च सर्वथा ॥
ahaṃ brahmā ca rudraś ca kṛtvā lokasya saṃkṣayam || avyaktāni ca bhūtāni yāni kāni ca sarvathā |
अहं ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च कृत्वा लोकस्य संक्षयम्। अव्यक्तानि च भूतानि यानि कानि च सर्वथा॥
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It situates ritual explanation within a larger cosmological frame (creation/dissolution), a common Purāṇic strategy that links social practice to cosmic cycles.
None; the verse is cosmological rather than geographical.
Implicitly, it emphasizes cosmic order and the legitimacy of practices that are narrated as arising within that order, though no direct injunction is stated.
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