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 ||
“রুদ্রের ভাগই শ্রেষ্ঠ ভাগ”—এটি বৈদিক শ্রুতি। অতএব, হে দেবগণ, আমাদের পরমেষ্ঠী রুদ্রের স্তব করো।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in the excerpt)
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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":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
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Subject Matter: ["Vedic Authority (Śruti)","Praise Poetry (Stuti)","Theology (Deva hierarchy)","Textual Tradition"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 21.21.63-66 (immediate stotra sequence)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"authoritative, proclamatory","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"firm, resonant, didactic"}
FAQs
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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