Varaha Purana 70.39: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 39
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
तस्मादारभ्य कालं तु मत्प्रणीतॆषु सत्तम । शास्त्रेष्वभिरतो लोको बाहुल्येन भवेदतः ॥ ७०.३९ ॥
tasmād ārabhya kālaṃ tu matpraṇīteṣu sattama | śāstreṣv abhirato loko bāhulyena bhaved ataḥ || 70.39 ||
اس وقت سے آگے، اے نیک ترین! لوگ زیادہ تر میرے مقرر کردہ شاستروں میں ہی مشغول و دل بستہ ہو جائیں گے۔
Varāha
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It reflects a Purāṇic self-referential theme: the legitimation and dissemination of normative textual traditions (śāstra) attributed to an authoritative speaker, indicating how communities conceptualized the spread of learned disciplines.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on temporal change (“from that time onward”) and the adoption of śāstra.
The verse emphasizes commitment to śāstra—structured, authoritative disciplines—as a guiding framework for collective conduct and learning, presented as a general cultural shift rather than a coercive command.
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