Varaha Purana 191.5: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 5
Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation
वराहरूपी भगवान् प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम् ॥
varāharūpī bhagavān pratyuvāca vasundharām |
వరాహరూపుడైన భగవానుడు వసుంధరికి ప్రత్యుత్తరం ఇచ్చెను.
Narrator (contextual transition to Varāha’s speech)
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It marks a formal shift into direct discourse, a common Purāṇic device used to structure teaching as a dialogue between a divine instructor and an inquiring figure (here, Earth).
No specific location is named in this verse; it identifies the interlocutor as Vasundharā (Earth) rather than a terrestrial site.
No explicit ethical injunction appears here; the verse functions as a narrative hinge introducing Varāha’s explanatory response.
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