Varaha Purana 5.49: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 49
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
सुरासुराणां च जयाजयाय युगे युगे यः स्वशरीरमाद्यम् । सृजत्यनादिः परमेश्वरो य- स्तं यज्ञमूर्तिं प्रणतोऽस्मि नाथम् ॥ ५.४९ ॥
surāsurāṇāṁ ca jayājayāya yuge yuge yaḥ svaśarīram ādyam | sṛjaty anādiḥ parameśvaro ya- taṁ yajñamūrtiṁ praṇato ’smi nātham || 5.49 ||
Ich verneige mich vor jenem Herrn, dessen Gestalt Yajña ist—dem anfanglosen höchsten Lenker, der in jedem Zeitalter seinen uranfänglichen Leib hervorbringt zum Sieg und zur Niederlage der Götter und Asuras; vor diesem Yajña‑Mūrti neige ich mich.
Varāha (default attribution within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework; verse is a stuti)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic literary pattern of framing narrative teaching with a stuti that identifies the supreme principle with yajña (sacrificial order), a concept prominent in early Indic ritual and later theological synthesis.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily theological and cosmological in focus.
The verse emphasizes humility and reverence toward the sustaining cosmic order (expressed as Yajña), presenting cyclical time (yuga) and moral struggle (jaya/ajaya) as contexts for disciplined conduct and reflection.
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