Varaha Purana 21.9 — Adhyaya 21, Shloka 9
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
तत्र दाक्षायणीपुत्राः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । वसवोऽष्टौ च रुद्राश्च आदित्या मरुतस्तथा ॥ २१.१० ॥
tatra dākṣāyaṇīputrāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | vasavo 'ṣṭau ca rudrāś ca ādityā marutas tathā || 21.10 ||
அங்கே தாக்ஷாயணியின் புதல்வர்களாக இந்திரனுடன் கூடிய எல்லாத் தேவர்களும் கூறப்படுகின்றனர்—எட்டு வசுக்கள், ருத்ரர்கள், ஆதித்யர்கள், மேலும் மருத்களும்.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"theology of ordered plurality","core_concept":"Many divine functions (Vasus, Rudras, Ādityas, Maruts, Indra) are coordinated within a genealogical and functional order rather than random multiplicity.","practical_application":"See diverse forces (psychological, social, natural) as coordinated roles within one system; cultivate harmony among ‘departments’ of life."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Genealogy","Taxonomy of Deities"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: cosmic/social order
Related Themes: Subsequent elaborations of deva-gaṇas and their functions in the same adhyāya/sarga context
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"formal, enumerative","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium-fast","voice_tone":"clear, rhythmic, list-like precision"}
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic method of organizing cosmology through genealogical and categorical lists of divine groups (e.g., Vasus, Rudras, Ādityas, Maruts), useful for tracing intertextual parallels across Purāṇas and epics.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a classificatory statement within a broader cosmological or genealogical context.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical function is taxonomic—presenting an ordered account of divine classes to structure cosmological knowledge.
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