Varaha Purana 53.2: Adhyaya 53, Shloka 2

The Origin Account of Saptamūrti Svara and the Emergence of Saṃbhūti through Vibhūti

Devanagari script

अगस्त्य उवाच । आगतेयं कथा चित्रा सर्वस्य विषये स्थिता । त्वद्देहे मम देहे च सर्वजन्तुषु सा समा ॥ ५३.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 53.2

Transliteration

agastya uvāca | āgateyaṃ kathā citrā sarvasya viṣaye sthitā | tvaddehe mama dehe ca sarvajantuṣu sā samā || 53.2 ||

Translation

Agastya dit : «Ce récit concernant Āgateya est remarquable, et il est établi en référence à tous les domaines. Dans ton corps et dans le mien—et, en vérité, dans tous les êtres vivants—il est le même (également présent).»

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Word by Word

• agastyaḥ: Agastya (sage)

• uvāca: said

• āgateyam: relating to Āgateya/Agastya (a tradition or account)

• kathā: narrative, account

• citrā: remarkable, varied, wondrous

• sarvasya: of all

• viṣaye: in the sphere/domain, with regard to the subject

• sthitā: situated, established

• tvad-dehe: in your body

• mama dehe: in my body

• ca: and

• sarva-jantuṣu: in all living beings

• sā: that (narrative/principle)

• samā: equal, the same, uniform

Speaker

Agastya

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Sanskrit Philology
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of framing teachings through authoritative interlocutors (here, Agastya), presenting a principle as universally applicable across persons and beings.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is conceptual (universality across bodies and beings).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

A universalizing philosophical instruction: the same principle or account is to be understood as equally relevant across individuals and all living beings, encouraging non-exclusivity in applying the teaching.