Varaha Purana 113.22: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 22
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
पुनर्निःक्षत्ररूपेण त्वया अहं विकृता पुरा ॥ जामदग्न्येन रामेण त्वया दृष्टा सकृत्प्रभो
punarniḥkṣatrarūpeṇa tvayā ahaṃ vikṛtā purā || jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa tvayā dṛṣṭā sakṛtprabho
Muli, sa anyong nagpa-‘walang kṣatriya’ sa daigdig, ako’y minsang binago mo noon; at minsan, O Panginoon, ako’y nakita ni Rāma Jāmadagnya sa pamamagitan mo.
Pṛthivī
FAQs
It reflects the Purāṇic habit of summarizing multiple avatāra episodes, which helps trace how later compendia organized earlier heroic cycles into a theological-ethical framework.
No explicit place-name occurs; the focus is on social-cosmic transformation rather than a specific region.
The verse gestures toward the idea that social power must be regulated; when warrior authority becomes destructive, corrective intervention is narrated as restoring balance.
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