Varaha Purana 7.39: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 39
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
Pūrva Bhāga · Stuti and Theophany (Bhakti-driven manifestation)
श्रीवराह उवाच । एवं स्तुतस्तदा विष्णुर्भक्त्या रैभ्येण धीमता । प्रादुर्बभूव सहसा पीतवासा जनार्दनः ॥ ७.३९ ॥
śrīvarāha uvāca | evaṁ stutas tadā viṣṇur bhaktyā raibhyeṇa dhīmatā | prādurbabhūva sahasā pītavāsā janārdanaḥ || 7.39 ||
shrIvarAha uvAcha | evaM stutastadA viShNurbhaktyA raibhyeNa dhImatA | prAdurbabhUva sahasA pItavAsA janArdanaH || 7.39 ||
Śrī Varāha sprach: So wurde damals Viṣṇu durch die Hingabe des weisen Raibhya gepriesen; und plötzlich erschien Janārdana, in gelbe Gewänder gekleidet.
Sandhi Notes
- viṣṇur = viṣṇuḥ
- prādur-babhūva treated as prādur (indeclinable preverb) + babhūva
- pītavāsā = pīta-vāsāḥ
Varāha
Sincere devotion (bhakti) invokes divine presence; the Lord responds to the devotee’s praise.
Engage in stuti and steady devotion with wisdom (dhīmat); trust that grace can ‘appear suddenly’ in one’s life as guidance/protection.
Foreshadowing via ‘Janārdana’ and yellow garments (pītāmbara) typical of later Kṛṣṇa/Vāsudeva iconography, though here it is Viṣṇu’s theophany.
Varāha Purāṇa: narrative units where stotra leads to darśana and instruction
FAQs
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which a deity manifests (prādurbhāva) following a formal hymn of praise (stuti), reflecting the literary conventions of Sanskrit devotional and mythic literature.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; it focuses on the narrative event of manifestation and the identification of the devotee Raibhya.
The verse foregrounds the philosophical instruction that disciplined devotion and reverent praise are presented as efficacious catalysts for insight or divine encounter within the text’s narrative framework.
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