Varaha Purana 1.24: Adhyaya 1, Shloka 24
Praise of Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Foundational Questions
केशवः पातु मे पादौ जङ्घे नारायणो मम । माधवो मे कटिं पातु गोविन्दो गुह्यमेव च ॥ १.२५ ॥
keśavaḥ pātu me pādau jaṅghe nārāyaṇo mama | mādhavo me kaṭiṃ pātu govindo guhyam eva ca || 1.25 ||
केशव मेरे पाँव की रक्षा करें। नारायण मेरी टाँगों की रक्षा करें। माधव मेरी कमर की रक्षा करें। गोविंद मेरे गुप्त अंगों की भी रक्षा करें।
Varāha (default attribution within the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It exemplifies a widely attested Purāṇic and stotra-style convention: assigning divine epithets to protect specific body parts (aṅga-rakṣā), reflecting devotional and ritualized Sanskrit prayer practices.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is structured as a protective invocation focused on the body (aṅga) rather than sacred topography.
Rather than an explicit ethical rule, the verse conveys a philosophical-ritual posture of seeking protection through disciplined remembrance (smaraṇa) of divine names, framed as a method of personal safeguarding and composure.
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