Varaha Purana 32.23: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 23
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
चतुष्पादो भवान् देव चतुःशृङ्गस्त्रिलोचनः । सप्तहस्तस्त्रिबन्धश्च वृषरूप नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ३२.२४ ॥
catuṣpādo bhavān deva catuḥśṛṅgas trilocanaḥ | saptahastas tribandhaś ca vṛṣarūpa namo’stu te || 32.24 ||
O Deva, du bist vierfüßig; vierhörnig und dreiäugig. Du bist siebenhändig und mit drei Gelenken/Banden versehen; o du in Stiergestalt, dir sei Verehrung.
Pṛthivī (default, as the inquirer offering praise within the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary feature: stuti (formal praise) using compact iconographic epithets. Such verses are valuable for tracing the development of symbolic divine anatomy and descriptive theology in early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on iconographic description rather than sacred geography.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical posture of reverential address (namo’stu te) rather than an explicit ethical rule; it models humility and attentive recognition of the described figure’s attributes.
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