Varaha Purana 11.14: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 14
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
त्वमोङ्कारो वषट्कारः सर्वत्रैव च संस्थितः । त्वमादिः सर्वदेवानां तव चादिर्न विद्यते ॥ ११.१४ ॥
tvam oṅkāro vaṣaṭkāraḥ sarvatraiva ca saṃsthitaḥ | tvam ādiḥ sarvadevānāṃ tava cādir na vidyate || 11.14 ||
तुम ओम हो और सब जगह हो। तुम सब देवताओं से पहले थे और तुम्हारी कोई शुरुआत नहीं है।
Pṛthivī (defaulted; speaker not explicitly marked in the excerpt)
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It preserves Purāṇic engagement with older Vedic ritual vocabulary (oṅkāra, vaṣaṭ) while presenting a philosophical statement of omnipresence and beginninglessness, illustrating continuity between Vedic liturgy and later Purāṇic theology.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a doctrinal and liturgical identification of the addressed principle as omnipresent.
Rather than a direct ethical rule, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: the ultimate principle is present everywhere and precedes all divine forms, encouraging a worldview grounded in unity and reverence toward the pervasive sacred order.
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