Varaha Purana 73.14: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 14

Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara

Devanagari script

तावदङ्गुष्ठमात्रं तु ज्वलद्भास्करतेजसम् । तमेवाहं प्रपश्यामि तस्य नाभौ तु पङ्कजम् ॥ ७३.१४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 73.14

Transliteration

tāvad aṅguṣṭha-mātraṃ tu jvalad-bhāskara-tejasam | tam evāhaṃ prapaśyāmi tasya nābhau tu paṅkajam || 73.14 ||

Translation

Bis hierher erblicke ich nur jene Gestalt, kaum daumengroß, strahlend mit dem Glanz einer lodernden Sonne; und an ihrem Nabel sehe ich einen Lotus.

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Word by Word

• tāvat: so far/as much as this

• aṅguṣṭha-mātram: thumb-sized (measure)

• tu: indeed/but

• jvalat: blazing

• bhāskara: sun

• tejasam: radiance/splendour

• tam: that (one/form)

• eva: only/just

• aham: I

• prapaśyāmi: I clearly see/behold

• tasya: of it/of him

• nābhau: in/on the navel

• paṅkajam: lotus

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic cosmological motif—vision of a minute, radiant form and the lotus at the navel—attested across early Sanskrit narrative theology and iconographic traditions, useful for tracing intertextual transmission and ritual-art vocabulary.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the imagery is cosmological and iconographic rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily conveys contemplative attention to subtle cosmological order rather than a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is observational—recognizing radiance and generative symbolism (the lotus) within a visionary framework.