Varaha Purana 28.32: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 32
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
त्वं नीतिस्त्वं महाभागे त्वं गीत्स्त्वं गौस्त्वमक्षरम् । त्वं धीस्त्वं श्रीस्त्वमोङ्कारस्तत्त्वे चापि परिस्थिता । सर्वसत्त्वाहिते देवि नमस्ते परमेश्वरि ॥ २८.३२ ॥
tvaṃ nītis tvaṃ mahābhāge tvaṃ gīs tvaṃ gaus tvam akṣaram | tvaṃ dhīs tvaṃ śrīs tvam oṅkāras tattve cāpi paristhitā | sarvasattvāhite devi namas te parameśvari || 28.32 ||
O Hochbegnadete, du bist nīti, die rechte Lebensführung; du bist gīḥ, das heilige Wort; du bist die Kuh; du bist akṣara, das Unvergängliche. Du bist dhī, die Einsicht; du bist śrī, der Wohlstand; du bist die Silbe Oṃ, und du bist auch im tattva, im Prinzip der Wirklichkeit, gegründet. O Göttin, die das Wohl aller Wesen sucht, Verehrung dir, o höchste Herrin.
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic stuti style in which multiple abstract principles (nīti, dhī, tattva) and cultural symbols (gauḥ, oṅkāra) are attributed to a supreme feminine principle, reflecting the synthesis of ethical, linguistic, and metaphysical vocabularies in Purāṇic Sanskrit.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; the focus is theological-philosophical praise rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds welfare-oriented ethics through the epithet “sarvasattvāhite” (seeking the good of all beings), presenting universal beneficence as a defining philosophical value.
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