Varaha Purana 113.47: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 47
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
Pūrva Bhāga · Veda and Natural Phenomena (Sound, Rain) as Cosmic Functions
वेदानां सामवेदोऽसि साङ्गोपाङ्गो महाव्रतः॥ गर्जनं वर्षणं चासि त्वं वेधा अनृतानृते
vedānāṃ sāmavedo 'si sāṅgopāṅgo mahāvrataḥ || garjanaṃ varṣaṇaṃ cāsi tvaṃ vedhā anṛtānṛte
vedAnAM sAmavedo.asi sA~NgopA~Ngo mahAvrataH || garjanaM varShaNaM chAsi tvaM vedhA anRRitAnRRite
வேதங்களில் நீயே சாமவேதம், அங்க-உபாங்கங்களுடன் மகாவிரதமாக. நீயே இடிமுழக்கம், நீயே மழைப்பொழிவு; நீயே விதாதா—உண்மையும் பொய்யும் (அவற்றின் நியமனும்).
Sandhi Notes
- सामवेदोऽसि→सामवेदः असि
- वर्षणं चासि→वर्षणम् च असि
- अनृतानृते is read as अनृत (loc.sg) + अनृते (loc.sg) with repetition/yamaka
- some recensions may construe as vocative/dual—here taken as locative pair
Pṛthivī
Awed, slightly tremulous before kāla/mṛtyu yet reassured by the Lord as bhūta-bhāvana
The Lord is both the limiter (time/death) and the enabler (being-becoming and cognition); all phases—origin, duration, dissolution—are his form.
Contemplate impermanence to reduce attachment; cultivate medhā/buddhi/smṛti as divine gifts through study, japa, and ethical clarity.
Bhū Devi praises Varāha/Viṣṇu as time and death and as the inner faculties sustaining beings—an intimate metaphysical ‘support’ of Earth’s existence.
Varāha/Viṣṇu is the temporal-causal matrix: kāla (time) and mṛtyu (death) that delimit beings, and also the cognitive light (medhā, buddhi, smṛti) by which beings know and remember—suggesting the Lord as both outer cosmic process and inner consciousness-function.
Beginning–middle–end mirrors ritual sequence (dīkṣā–pravṛtti–udavasāna) and cosmic cycles; cognition faculties parallel priestly discernment and mantra-memory sustaining yajña’s correctness.
Antaryāmin and sākṣin themes: the Lord as inner witness enabling cognition, and as kāla that governs saṃsāra; aligns with Gītā’s kāla motif and Upaniṣadic inner ruler doctrine.
Varāha Purāṇa stuti identifications with cosmic principles and inner faculties
FAQs
It demonstrates Purāṇic appropriation of Vedic authority (naming Sāmaveda) while also linking sacred sound and natural cycles (rain), important for understanding cultural conceptions of ecology and ritual efficacy.
No geographic location is specified; the verse addresses textual tradition (Veda) and natural phenomena (rain).
No explicit injunction is stated; however, invoking rain as a cosmic function underscores the cultural value placed on sustaining life systems, indirectly supporting stewardship themes.
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