Varaha Purana 113.53: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 53
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
Pūrva Bhāga · Stotra / Vaiṣṇava Devotional-Hymn Segment (Keshava-stuti within narrative dialogue)
क्रीडाविक्षेपणश्चासि गृहेषु गृहदेवताः ॥ सर्वात्मकः सर्वगतो वर्ध्धनो मन एव च ॥
krīḍāvikṣepaṇaś cāsi gṛheṣu gṛhadevatāḥ || sarvātmakaḥ sarvagato varddhano mana eva ca ||
krIDAvikShepaNashchAsi gRRiheShu gRRihadevatAH || sarvAtmakaH sarvagato varddhano mana eva cha
तुम खेलो और मस्ती हो। घरों में तुम घर के भगवान हो। तुम सब में हो, कहीं भी हो। तुम बढ़ाने वाले हो, और तुम ही मन हो।
Sandhi Notes
- क्रीडाविक्षेपणश्चासि = क्रीडा-विक्षेपणः च असि
- गृहदेवताः = गृह-देवताः
Pṛthivī
Relieved, intimate, affectionate reverence toward the indwelling Lord
Implicit: How are you both the playful delight of life and the all-pervading Self, even as mind within beings?
Divinity is not only cosmic-transcendent but also present as household deity and as mind itself; all beings are pervaded by the One.
Treat home duties as worship (gṛha-dharma with remembrance); cultivate mindfulness—purify manas through japa, satya, and sāttvika habits.
Bhūdevī praises Varāha/Viṣṇu as present in domestic life (gṛhadevatā) and as the inner mind; interaction is intimate devotional recognition of immanence.
The cosmic rescuer is also the household presence: the same Varāha/Viṣṇu who stabilizes Earth pervades the microcosm as mind (manas) and as the deity of the home, implying yajña begins at home (gṛhya) and within the psyche.
Gṛha as a ‘mini-yajña-śālā’; the ‘increaser’ (vardhana) as the nourishing power of offerings/food; mind as the internal altar where intention (saṅkalpa) is offered.
Antaryāmin doctrine: the Lord as inner controller and as sarvātman/sarvagata; aligns with Upaniṣadic interiorization of ritual into consciousness.
Foreshadowing only in mood: ‘kṛīḍā’ (divine play) can evoke later Kṛṣṇa-līlā, but no explicit Mathurā marker here.
Varāha Purāṇa 113 (stotra sequence emphasizing sarvātmatva)
FAQs
It documents domestic religious vocabulary (gṛhadevatā) alongside metaphysical claims of divine immanence, illustrating how Purāṇic texts bridge household practice and philosophy.
No location is specified; the setting is generalized to “homes” (gṛheṣu).
It suggests attentiveness to the sacred dimension of everyday life, framing household responsibility and mental discipline within a broader all-pervading order.
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