Varaha Purana 7.38: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 38
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
मत्स्यादिनामानि जगत्सु केवलं सुरादिसंरक्षणतो वृषाकपिः । मुख्यस्वरूपेण समन्ततो विभुर्गदाधरो मे विदधातु सद्गतिम् ॥ ७.३८ ॥
matsyādināmāni jagatsu kevalaṃ surādisaṃrakṣaṇato vṛṣākapiḥ | mukhyasvarūpeṇa samantato vibhur gadādharo me vidadhātu sadgatim || 7.38 ||
Namen wie „Matsya“ und andere in der Welt sind in Wahrheit nur Benennungen, die aus dem Schutz der Götter und verwandter Wesen hervorgehen. Möge mir der allgegenwärtige Herr—Gadādhara, dessen Wesensgestalt die höchste ist und überall gegenwärtig—eine gute Bestimmung (sugati) verleihen.
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not provided in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of organizing divine activity through incarnation-names (e.g., Matsya), presenting them as functional designations tied to cosmic protection, a motif that aids cataloging and transmission of narrative theology across manuscript traditions.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; it is primarily a theological statement and supplication.
The verse emphasizes reliance on the all-pervading protector (vibhu, Gadādhara) and frames divine names as linked to safeguarding beings—an ethical orientation toward protection, stability, and auspicious conduct rather than sectarian assertion.
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