Varaha Purana 71.5: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 5
Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account
कृत्वोचुस्ते तदा देवं किमिदं परमेश्वर । एकस्यामेव मूर्तौ ते लक्ष्यन्ते च त्रिमूर्त्तयः ॥ ७१.५ ॥
kṛtvocuste tadā devaṃ kim idaṃ parameśvara | ekasyām eva mūrtau te lakṣyante ca trimūrttayaḥ || 71.5 ||
Da sprachen sie zu dem Gott: „Was ist dies, o Höchster Herr? Denn in nur einer deiner Gestalten werden auch die drei Gestalten (die Trimūrti) wahrgenommen.“
Pṛthivī (default inquirer framework; interlocutors unspecified in this fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic-era tendency to describe major divine functions (often associated with the Trimūrti) as perceptible within a single supreme manifestation, illustrating theological synthesis in classical Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the focus is doctrinal and iconographic rather than topographical.
No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse primarily raises a philosophical question about how multiple cosmic functions or forms can be apprehended within one manifestation.
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