Varaha Purana 73.20: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 20
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
जलेश नारायण विश्वशंकर क्षितीश विश्वेश्वर विश्वलोचन । शशाङ्कसूर्याच्युत वीर विश्वगाऽप्रतर्क्यमूर्तेऽमृतमूर्तिरव्ययः ॥ ७३.२० ॥
jaleśa nārāyaṇa viśvaśaṅkara kṣitīśa viśveśvara viśvalocana | śaśāṅkasūryācyuta vīra viśvagāpratarkyamūrte 'mṛtamūrtir avyayaḥ || 73.20 ||
يا ربّ المياه، نارايانا—مُحسن الكون؛ يا ربّ الأرض؛ يا ربّ الجميع؛ يا من يرى كلّ شيء؛ يا من هو القمر والشمس؛ يا أتشيوتا؛ يا بطل—صورتك فوق مدارك الجدل؛ صورة الخلود، غير فانية.
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It exemplifies Purāṇic stuti-style composition, using dense epithets to link a deity with cosmic functions (waters, earth, luminaries) and with philosophical attributes such as inconceivability (apratarkya) and imperishability (avyaya).
No specific pilgrimage site or geographic toponym is named in this verse; it uses cosmological domains (waters, earth, sun, moon) rather than a locatable place.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse presents a philosophical framing: the cosmic order is sustained by an imperishable principle described as all-seeing and beyond ordinary reasoning, encouraging reflective reverence and intellectual humility.
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