Varaha Purana 1.18: Adhyaya 1, Shloka 18
Praise of Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Foundational Questions
शेषपर्यङ्कशयने सुप्तं देवं जनार्दनम् । दृष्ट्वा तन्नाभिपङ्कस्थमन्तःस्थं च चतुर्मुखम् ॥ कृताञ्जलिपुटा देवी स्तुतिं धात्री जगाद ह ॥ १.१९ ॥
śeṣaparyaṅkaśayane suptaṃ devaṃ janārdanam | dṛṣṭvā tannābhipaṅkastham antaḥsthaṃ ca caturmukham || kṛtāñjalipuṭā devī stutiṃ dhātrī jagāda ha || 1.19 ||
धरती ने देखा कि जनार्दन शेष पर सोया है। उसकी नाभि के कमल पे ब्रह्मा बैठा है। हाथ जोड़ के धरती ने भगवान की स्तुति की।
Devī (Goddess; likely Śrī/Lakṣmī in the Nārāyaṇa cosmic-sleep frame)
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It preserves a widely attested Purāṇic cosmogonic motif—Nārāyaṇa resting on Śeṣa and Brahmā arising/appearing in relation to the navel-lotus—serving as a conventional narrative prelude that situates later teachings within a cosmic frame.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and narrative-setting rather than a tīrtha or regional description.
The verse foregrounds a discipline of reverent speech: the Goddess approaches with joined hands and offers praise, modeling respectful address and contemplative attention before instruction or discourse.
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