Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 78, Shloka 4
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
वरिष्ठाय वरेण्याय परस्मै परमात्मने । नमोऽखिलजगद्व्यापिस्वरूपायात्ममूर्तये ॥
variṣṭhāya vareṇyāya parasmai paramātmane / namo 'khilajagadvyāpisvarūpāyātmamūrtaye
सर्वोत्तम, वरणीयतम तुम्हें नमस्कार; परात्पर परमात्मा को नमस्कार। जिनका स्वभाव समस्त विश्व में व्याप्त है, जो सबके आत्मा-स्वरूप हैं—तुम्हें नमस्कार।
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FAQs
The divine is both beyond and within all beings. Ethically, this supports reverence for life and restraint from harm: to injure another is to ignore the all-pervading Self.
Serves the Purāṇic aim of Dharma and spiritual instruction; it is theological framing rather than direct Sarga/Manvantara/Vaṃśa narration.
‘Ātma-mūrti’ implies the deity as the inner Self (antarātman). The stuti collapses the boundary between worshipper and worshipped, pointing to realization (aparokṣa-anubhava) as the culmination of devotion.