Varaha Purana 68.21: Adhyaya 68, Shloka 21
Dharma Across the Four Yugas, the Disruption of Social Conduct, and Ritual Purification from Varṇa-Mixing Transgressions
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यत् पृष्टोऽहं त्वया नृप । मन्वादिर्भिर्विस्तरशः कथ्यते येन पार्थिव । समासस्तेन मया कथितं ते नृपोत्तम ॥ ६८.२१ ॥
etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yat pṛṣṭo 'haṃ tvayā nṛpa | manv-ādirbhir vistaraśaḥ kathyate yena pārthiva | samāsas tena mayā kathitaṃ te nṛpottama || 68.21 ||
ข้าแต่พระราชา สิ่งทั้งปวงที่พระองค์ทรงถาม ข้าพเจ้าได้อธิบายแก่พระองค์แล้ว โอผู้ครองแผ่นดิน เนื้อหาที่เหล่ามนูเป็นต้นกล่าวอย่างพิสดารนั้น ข้าพเจ้าได้สรุปกล่าวแก่พระองค์โดยย่อ โอราชาผู้ประเสริฐยิ่ง
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It reflects a common Purāṇic editorial strategy: acknowledging larger, earlier narrative corpora (e.g., traditions ‘beginning with the Manus’) while presenting a condensed account suited to the immediate dialogue context.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it functions as a meta-narrative transition about the scope and method of narration.
The verse does not give a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is methodological—emphasizing faithful transmission of inquiry-based teaching and the legitimacy of summarizing extensive traditions for clarity.
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