Varaha Purana 113.51: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 51
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
आदित्यस्त्वं युगावर्तास्त्वं तपस्वी महातपाः ॥ अप्रमानः प्रमेयोऽसि ऋषीणां च महानृषिः ॥
ādityas tvaṃ yugāvartās tvaṃ tapasvī mahātapāḥ || apramāṇaḥ prameyo 'si ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahānṛṣiḥ ||
तुम ही सूरज हो। युग बदलने का वक्त भी तुम ही हो। तुम तप करते हो, बड़ा तपस्वी हो। तुम नाप के बाहर हो, फिर भी जाने जाते हो। रिशियों में तुम बड़े रिषि हो।
Pṛthivī (default, hymn-voice addressing Varāha/Viṣṇu in dialogue frame)
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It preserves a Purāṇic synthesis of cosmology and philosophical terminology (pramāṇa/prameya), showing how scholastic concepts entered devotional praise.
No geographic place-name appears; the imagery is solar and temporal (Sun and yuga-cycles).
The verse elevates tapas (disciplined austerity) as a paradigmatic value, presenting it as a divine attribute and aspirational model.
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