Varaha Purana 113.28: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 28
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
गत्वा च शरणं देवी दैन्यं वदति माधवी ॥ प्रसीद मम देवेन्द्र मग्नाहं भारपीडिता
gatvā ca śaraṇaṃ devī dainyaṃ vadati mādhavī || prasīda mama devendra magnāhaṃ bhārapīḍitā
శరణం పొందేందుకు వెళ్లిన దేవి మాధవీ దైన్యంగా పలికింది—“హే దేవేంద్రా, కరుణించు; భారపీడితురాలినై నేను మునిగిపోతున్నాను.”
Pṛthivī
FAQs
It preserves a narrative idiom where Earth personified petitions for relief, a recurring Purāṇic strategy for articulating crisis and restoration.
No specific location is named; the imagery is cosmic (Earth ‘sinking’ under burden) rather than regional.
The verse frames ‘burden’ as a moral-ecological problem requiring corrective care—an early narrative form of stewardship discourse.
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