Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
मार्कण्डेय उवाच । आदिकल्पे पुरा राजन्क्षीरोदे भगवान् हरिः । शेते स भोगिशयने योगनिद्राविमोहितः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | ādikalpe purā rājankṣīrode bhagavān hariḥ | śete sa bhogiśayane yoganidrāvimohitaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya thưa: “Thuở kalpa nguyên sơ, hỡi đại vương, Đức Bhagavān Hari nằm trên Biển Sữa, an tọa trên giường rắn (Śeṣa), chìm trong yoga-nidrā.”
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Hari reclines on Ananta/Śeṣa upon the luminous Ocean of Milk; lotus motifs, gentle waves, celestial calm; the universe latent in his yogic sleep.
FAQs
The Purāṇas frame tīrtha-glory within cosmic order: the Lord’s tranquil sovereignty precedes acts of world-protection.
Not directly; it provides the mythic prelude that will ground the Varāha-tīrtha’s sanctity.
None.
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