Varaha Purana 16.32: Adhyaya 16, Shloka 32
The Account of Saramā: Indra’s Restoration after Loss of Sovereignty
चकार यज्ञान् विविधान् सहस्रानपि स प्रभुः । क्रियमाणैस्ततो यज्ञैर्ववृद्धेन्द्रस्य तद् बलम् ॥ १६.३२ ॥
cakāra yajñān vividhān sahasrān api sa prabhuḥ | kriyamāṇais tato yajñair vavṛddhendrasya tad balam || 16.32 ||
اُس پرَبھُو نے ہزاروں، بلکہ طرح طرح کے یَجْن کیے۔ اور جب وہ یَجْن انجام پاتے رہے تو اسی سے اِندر کی قوت بڑھتی گئی۔
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a widely attested Purāṇic and post-Vedic motif in which the performance of yajña (sacrificial rites) is linked to the maintenance or augmentation of cosmic and political order, here expressed through the strengthening of Indra as a paradigmatic sovereign deity.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed around ritual action and its cosmological consequence rather than a tīrtha or regional toponym.
The verse foregrounds the principle that disciplined, properly executed communal rites (yajña) are portrayed as contributing to collective stability and the strengthening of legitimate authority within the narrative’s cosmological framework.
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