Varaha Purana 76.8: Adhyaya 76, Shloka 8
Description of Svarga: Amarāvatī, the Sudharmā Assembly Hall, and the Directional Cities
तत्र चैव सुवंशः स्याद् भास्करस्य महात्मनः । साक्षात् तत्र सुराध्यक्षः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः ॥ ७६.८ ॥
tatra caiva suvaṃśaḥ syād bhāskarasya mahātmanaḥ | sākṣāt tatra surādhyakṣaḥ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ || 76.8 ||
तत्र चैव सुवंशः स्याद् भास्करस्य महात्मनः । साक्षात् तत्र सुराध्यक्षः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः ॥
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It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of linking places and narratives to solar genealogy (sūrya-vaṃśa themes) and to the cultural authority of deities, serving as a literary device for sacralizing a locale or narrative setting.
The verse uses the deictic marker “tatra” (“there”) without naming the site in this excerpt; identification depends on the immediately preceding/following verses of Adhyāya 76.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse models a philosophical posture of reverence toward cosmic order—portraying the divine as worthy of respect—within a broader Purāṇic framework of cultural memory and place-based meaning.
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