Varaha Purana 21.61: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 61
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
रुद्रभागो ज्येष्ठभाग इतीयं वैदिकी श्रुतिः । स्तुतिं च देवाः कुरुत रुद्रस्य परमेष्ठि नः ॥ २१.६२ ॥
rudrabhāgo jyeṣṭhabhāga itīyaṃ vaidikī śrutiḥ | stutiṃ ca devāḥ kuruta rudrasya parameṣṭhi naḥ || 21.62 ||
“ৰুদ্ৰৰ ভাগেই জ্যেষ্ঠ ভাগ”—ইয়াই বৈদিক শ্ৰুতি। সেয়ে, হে দেৱসকল, আমাৰ পৰমেষ্ঠী ৰুদ্ৰক স্তৱ কৰা।
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It preserves a Purāṇic citation-style appeal to Vedic śruti as an authority, illustrating how later Sanskrit narrative texts legitimize theological claims through Vedic phrasing and intertextual echo.
No geographic place-name appears in this verse; the content is primarily theological and intertextual (invoking Vedic śruti and a call to stuti).
The verse presents a normative instruction in ritual-poetic conduct: to offer praise (stuti) to Rudra, grounded in the authority of śruti, emphasizing reverence and acknowledgment of hierarchical precedence.
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