Varaha Purana 11.78: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 78
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
सुप्रभो दीप्ततेजाश्च सुरश्मिः शुभदर्शनः । सुकान्तिः सुन्दरः सुन्दः प्रद्युम्नः सुमनाः शुभः ॥ ११.७९ ॥
suprabho dīptatejāś ca suraśmiḥ śubhadarśanaḥ | sukāntiḥ sundaraḥ sundaḥ pradyumnaḥ sumanāḥ śubhaḥ || 11.79 ||
पहला सुप्रभ था, फिर दीप्ततेज, सुरश्मि, शुभदर्शन, सुकांति, सुंदर, सुंद, प्रद्युम्न, सुमन और शुभ। ये सब के सब बड़े चमकदार थे।
Varāha
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic nāmāvalī (catalog of epithets), a common literary device used to preserve theological vocabulary, devotional poetics, and standardized divine attributes across manuscript traditions.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; it is primarily a sequence of honorific epithets.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its primary function is descriptive—articulating auspicious qualities (radiance, benevolence, auspiciousness) as idealized attributes of the praised figure.
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