Varaha Purana 113.38: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 38
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
मत्स्यः कूर्म्मो वराहश्च नरसिंहोऽसि वामनः ।। रामो रामश्च कृष्णश्च बुद्धः कल्की महात्मवान्
matsyaḥ kūrmmo varāhaś ca narasiṃho 'si vāmanaḥ || rāmo rāmaś ca kṛṣṇaś ca buddhaḥ kalkī mahātmavān
आप मत्स्य हो, कूर्म हो, वराह हो। आप नरसिंह हो और वामन भी। आप राम हो, परशुराम भी, और कृष्ण भी। आप बुद्ध हो और कल्कि भी, बड़े आत्मा वाले।
Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī)
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Such avatāra catalogues are key witnesses for the stabilization of the Daśāvatāra sequence and for tracking how different traditions enumerate and interpret these figures across manuscripts.
No geographic site is specified; the verse is a typological list of manifestations.
The list conveys a principle of restorative intervention: order is re-established through context-appropriate forms of action when imbalance arises.
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