Varaha Purana 9.28: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 28
The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
तस्मिन् प्रविष्टे सहसा जलं तु महामहीधृग्वपुषि प्रकाशम् । मात्स्यं गते देववरे महोदधिं हरिं स्तवैस्तुष्टुवुरुद्धृतक्षितिम ॥ ९.२८ ॥
tasmin praviṣṭe sahasā jalaṃ tu mahāmahīdhṛg-vapuṣi prakāśam | mātsyaṃ gate devavare mahodadhiṃ hariṃ stavais tuṣṭuvur uddhṛta-kṣitim || 9.28 ||
तस्मिन् जले सहसा प्रविष्टे महामहीधृग्वपुषि तद् जलं प्रकाशमगात्। देववरे मत्स्यरूपात् अतिक्रान्ते महोदधौ उद्धृतक्षितिं हरिं स्तवैः तुष्टुवुः॥
Varāha (default framework; explicit speaker not stated in this single verse)
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It preserves a standard Purāṇic cosmological motif—Varāha as the agent of Earth’s restoration—reflecting how early medieval Sanskrit literature framed environmental order and cosmic stability through mythic narrative.
No specific terrestrial pilgrimage site is named in this verse; the setting is the ‘great ocean’ (mahā-udadhi/mahodadhi), a cosmographic locale rather than a pinpointed historical geography.
The verse implicitly elevates the ideal of restoration and protection of the Earth (uddhṛta-kṣiti) as a cultural-philosophical value, presented through praise of the figure who re-establishes stability and order.
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