Varaha Purana 113.4: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 4
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
यस्मिन्काले क्षितिः पूर्वकल्पे वाराह मूर्तिना ॥ उद्धृता च यया भक्त्या पप्रच्छ परमेश्वरम् ॥
yasmin kāle kṣitiḥ pūrva-kalpe vārāha-mūrtinā || uddhṛtā ca yayā bhaktyā papraccha parameśvaram ||
முன்கல்பத்தில் வராஹமூர்த்தியால் பூமி உயர்த்தப்பட்ட அந்த வேளையில், அவள் அதே பக்தியுடன் பரமேஸ்வரனை வினவினாள்।
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It signals a classic Purāṇic dialogic setup: a cosmological event (Earth’s restoration) becomes the trigger for doctrinal and ethical questioning.
No geographic location is named; the verse situates events in mythic time (a former kalpa).
Inquiry is framed as arising from devotion and restored order—knowledge-seeking follows the re-stabilization of the world.
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