Varaha Purana 11.12: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 12
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
नमस्ते सर्वसंस्थाय नमस्ते जलशायिने । नमस्ते क्षितिरूपाय नमस्ते तेजसात्मने ॥ ११.१२ ॥
namaste sarvasaṁsthāya namaste jalaśāyine | namaste kṣitirūpāya namaste tejasātmane || 11.12 ||
तुम सब का आधार हो। तुम पानी पर सोते हो। तुम धरती के रूप में हो और तुम चमक के रूप में हो।
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary feature: a concise stuti (hymn of salutations) using cosmological epithets, reflecting how Purāṇas frame doctrine through poetic catalogues of divine attributes.
No specific place-name is mentioned in this verse; it uses cosmological imagery (waters, Earth-form) rather than a named sacred geography.
The verse primarily functions as praise and cosmological identification; implicitly it models disciplined speech and reverence toward the sustaining principles of the world (Earth, waters, and radiance), rather than stating a direct moral injunction.
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