Varaha Purana 113.32: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 32
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
Pūrva Bhāga · Pṛthivī-uddhāra (Earth’s appeal and recourse to Viṣṇu)
सर्वेषामेव नः कार्यं यच्च किञ्चित्प्रवर्त्तते ।। सर्वांस्तारयितुं शक्तः कि पुनस्त्वां वसुन्धरे
sarveṣām eva naḥ kāryaṃ yac ca kiñcit pravarttate || sarvāṃs tārayituṃ śaktaḥ ki punas tvāṃ vasundhare
sarveShAmeva naH kAryaM yachcha ki~nchitpravarttate || sarvAMstArayituM shaktaH ki punastvAM vasundhare
మన అందరిలో ఏ కార్యం ఏదైనా ప్రారంభమైనా—ఆయన అందరినీ రక్షించగల శక్తిమంతుడు; మరి ఓ వసుంధరా, నిన్ను ఎంత ఎక్కువగా రక్షించగలడో!
Sandhi Notes
- किञ्चित्प्रवर्त्तते = किञ्चित् + प्रवर्त्तते
- पुनस्त्वाम् = पुनः + त्वाम्
Burdened yet being reassured
If the Lord can save all beings, why doubt his power to save Earth specifically?
The Lord’s saving power is universal (sarva-tāraṇa-śakti); the particular case (Earth) is included a fortiori.
Replace despair with trust: reason from the universal capacity of the divine to confidence in personal deliverance.
General Vaiṣṇava soteriology can be read as compatible with Kṛṣṇa-bhakti, but no explicit Mathurā/Kṛṣṇa reference.
Continuation of the refuge-seeking counsel in ch. 113 (preceding directive to approach Mādhava)
FAQs
The line illustrates a common Purāṇic rhetorical structure (a fortiori argument: “if X, then how much more Y”), valuable for stylistic and discourse analysis in Sanskrit narrative.
No specific place is named; the focus is the Earth as a personified entity.
It emphasizes reliance on proven capacity and collective welfare—seeking a protector whose responsibility is framed as universal rather than narrow or partisan.
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