Varaha Purana 113.37: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 37
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
वासवो वरुणश्चासि ह्यग्निर्मारुत एव च ।। अक्षरश्च क्षरश्चासि त्वं दिशो विदिशो भवान्
vāsavo varuṇaś cāsi hy agnir māruta eva ca || akṣaraś ca kṣaraś cāsi tvaṃ diśo vidiśo bhavān
आप इंद्र हो और वरुण भी। आप अग्नि हो और वायु भी। आप वो हो जो कभी खत्म नहीं होता, और वो भी जो खत्म हो जाता है। आप दिशा हो और सब तरफ हो।
Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī)
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It exemplifies Purāṇic ‘identification hymns’ where multiple deities and cosmic principles are linguistically subsumed under a single supreme referent, aiding comparative study with Vedic and epic precedents.
No single location is named; ‘directions’ and ‘inter-directions’ are cosmological categories used for mapping space.
The verse promotes a worldview of interconnectedness—natural forces and spatial order are treated as integrated aspects of a single sustaining principle.
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