Varaha Purana 73.5: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 5
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
मया पृष्टाः के भवन्तो जलादुत्तीऱ्य तेजसा । तापयन्तो जलं छेदं क्व वा यास्यथ संशत ॥ ७३.५ ॥
mayā pṛṣṭāḥ ke bhavanto jalād uttīrya tejasā | tāpayanto jalaṃ chedaṃ kva vā yāsyatha saṃśata || 73.5 ||
ولما سألتُ: «من أنتم؟» إذا بكم تخرجون من الماء ببهاءٍ، تسخّنون الماء وتشقّونه—فأخبروني: إلى أين تمضون جميعًا؟
Pṛthivī (defaulted per dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: direct questioning within a dialogue to introduce unidentified beings or forces, framed through vivid elemental imagery (water and radiance).
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is described generically as an emergence “from the water” (jalāt).
The verse primarily functions as an inquiry rather than a moral injunction; philosophically, it emphasizes discernment—seeking clarity about powerful phenomena that affect the environment (heating and cleaving water).
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