Varaha Purana 10.13: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 13
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
एवं त्रिधा जगद्धाता भूत्वा देवान् महेश्वरः । आराधयामास ततो लोकोऽपि त्रिविधोऽभवत् ॥ १०.१३ ॥
evaṃ tridhā jagaddhātā bhūtvā devān maheśvaraḥ | ārādhayāmāsa tato loko 'pi trividho 'bhavat || 10.13 ||
ఇలా మహేశ్వరుడు జగద్ధాతగా త్రివిధముగా భవించి దేవతలను ఆరాధించెను; తదనంతరం లోకమూ త్రివిధముగా అయెను।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in this fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic cosmological schema in which reality is organized into a threefold structure, presented here as part of a narrative explaining world-order and divine functions.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and classificatory in scope.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse presents a philosophical instruction about ordered cosmos and ritual hierarchy—depicting the Great Lord as engaging in propitiation, implying reciprocity and structured duty within the divine-human-cosmic framework.
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