Varaha Purana 12.13 — Adhyaya 12, Shloka 13
Supratīka’s Hymn to Rāma and the Granting of a Boon through Divine Manifestation
एवं श्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य राजा ससम्भ्रमं देवदेवं प्रणम्य । उवाच देवेश्वर मे प्रयच्छ लयं यदास्ते परमं वपुस्ते ॥ १२.१३ ॥
evaṃ śrutvā vacanaṃ tasya rājā sasambhramaṃ devadevaṃ praṇamya | uvāca deveśvara me prayaccha layaṃ yadāste paramaṃ vapus te || 12.13 ||
Al oír sus palabras, el rey—conmovido por reverente temblor—se postró ante el Dios de los dioses y dijo: «Oh Señor de los dioses, concédeme el laya (disolución) en el cual mora tu forma suprema».
Rājā (King; unnamed in excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"devotee","bhu_devi_state":"Not foregrounded; the speaking agent is the king, in reverent agitation (sasaṃbhrama).","key_question":"How may I attain the ultimate dissolution/absorption (laya) wherein Your supreme form abides—i.e., final release rather than a worldly boon?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"‘Laya in the supreme form’ frames liberation as absorption into the Lord’s paraṃ vapuḥ—Purāṇic bhakti-language converging with Vedāntic brahma-sāyujya/viṣṇu-sāyujya motifs.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None (no explicit Yajña-Varāha limb-mapping)","vedantic_connection":"Soteriology of sāyujya: the highest boon is not svarga or prosperity but abiding in the supreme reality; echoes the move from karma to jñāna/bhakti culminating in mokṣa."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"mokṣa-priority","core_concept":"The best varadāna is liberation—seeking the Lord’s own state rather than transient rewards.","practical_application":"When praying, articulate the highest aim (freedom from saṃsāra); cultivate inner steadiness even amid devotional intensity (sambhrama → śānti)."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Ethics","Philosophical Soteriology"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
Type: Narrative encounter-space
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 12.12.12 (boon offered); Varāha Purāṇa 12.12.14 (boon fulfilled instantly)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"The king, visibly moved, bows deeply before the God of gods and petitions for final absorption into the deity’s supreme state.","item_prompts":["prostration (praṇāma)","king’s trembling devotion (sambhrama)","deity enthroned or standing with calm gaze","speech-gesture indicating request","aura suggesting ‘paraṃ vapuḥ’"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: emphasize bhakti—king in full praṇāma, deity serene; warm palette; minimal background to keep focus on surrender.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: ornate deity with gold halo; king kneeling with folded hands; inscriptions/scroll motif hinting at the spoken boon-request.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined expressions—king’s moist eyes, controlled emotion; deity’s compassionate stillness; soft architectural framing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate devotional scene; gentle colors; king’s humility contrasted with the deity’s luminous presence."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"supplicatory and inward-turning","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-medium, with emphasis on 'layaṃ' and 'paraṃ vapuḥ'","voice_tone":"soft, earnest, devotional"}
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which a royal figure approaches a divine instructor and requests a form of liberation or ultimate absorption, illustrating how soteriological ideas were framed in accessible dialogue form within early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a dialogic and philosophical request centered on dissolution (laya) and the divine 'supreme form' (paramaṃ vapus).
The verse foregrounds humility and disciplined inquiry: the king listens, bows respectfully, and seeks a higher philosophical goal—an ethical posture of reverence, restraint, and aspiration toward ultimate knowledge or liberation.
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