Varaha Purana 21.19 — Adhyaya 21, Shloka 19
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
रुद्रः कोपोद्भवो यस्तु पूर्वं मग्नो महाजले । स सहस्रार्कसंकाशो निष्चक्राम जलात् ततः ॥ २१.२० ॥
rudraḥ kopodbhavo yas tu pūrvaṁ magno mahājale | sa sahasrārkasaṅkāśo niścakrāma jalāt tataḥ || 21.20 ||
Rudra—đấng phát sinh từ cơn phẫn nộ—trước kia đã bị chìm trong đại thủy. Rồi Ngài, rực sáng như ngàn mặt trời, từ nước mà xuất hiện.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Rudra ‘born of wrath’ emerging from waters encodes the reappearance of transformative/consuming power necessary for cosmic regulation after submergence (pralaya-like state).","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Radiance ‘like a thousand suns’ mirrors the sacrificial fire’s intensification—Rudra as concentrated tejas that can both protect and dissolve impurities.","vedantic_connection":"Tejas/rajas-tamas dynamics: wrath as a force of transformation; the divine includes fierce modalities for restoring balance."}
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Mythic History","Theophany (manifestation imagery)"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: cosmic ocean
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 21.21.21 (deity shining through tapas)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"fierce-awe","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"brisk","voice_tone":"forceful, bright on ‘sahasrārka’"}
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic narrative motif in which deities emerge from primordial waters, reflecting shared cosmological imagery across early Sanskrit traditions and later Purāṇic redactions.
No specific terrestrial location is named; the setting is mythic-cosmological (“mahājala”, the great waters), a common Purāṇic cosmological environment rather than a mapped pilgrimage site.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis is on transformation and emergence—depicting potent energy (kopa) as a causal force within cosmic narrative rather than issuing a direct moral injunction.
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