Varaha Purana 73.44: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 44
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
विष्णुरुवाच । देवकार्यावतारेषु मानुषत्वमुपागतः । त्वामेवाराधयिष्यामि त्वं च मे वरदो भव ॥ ७३.४४ ॥
viṣṇur uvāca | devakāryāvatāreṣu mānuṣatvam upāgataḥ | tvām evārādhayiṣyāmi tvaṃ ca me varado bhava || 73.44 ||
Viṣṇu sprach: „In den Herabkünften, die zum Werk der Götter unternommen werden, habe ich Menschengestalt angenommen. Dich allein will ich verehren; und du, deinerseits, sei mir ein Spender von Gnaden und Gaben.“
Viṣṇu
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative strategy: framing divine action (avatāra) as undertaken for restoring cosmic order and assisting the gods, while also presenting devotional reciprocity as a legitimizing motif within Sanskrit literary theology.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions primarily as a dialogic statement about incarnation and worship rather than sacred topography.
The verse foregrounds disciplined devotion (ārādhana) and reciprocal obligation: commitment to worship is paired with the expectation of benevolent responsiveness (varadatva) within the narrative’s moral economy.
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