Varaha Purana 163.32: Adhyaya 163, Shloka 32
The Greatness of Kapila-Varāha: The Efficacy of Vaikuṇṭha Tīrtha and the Installation History of the Varāha Image
निरीक्षितुं न शक्नोमि प्रष्टुं चैव गुणव्रत ॥ देवदेव नमस्तुभ्यं भक्तानामभयप्रद ॥
nirīkṣituṃ na śaknomi praṣṭuṃ caiva guṇavrata || devadeva namas tubhyaṃ bhaktānām abhayaprada ||
मैं तुम्हे देख भी नहीं पा रहा, पूछ भी नहीं पा रहा। देवों के देव, तुम्हे प्रणाम। तुम भक्तों को डर से मुक्त करते हो।
Rāvaṇa (direct speech in first person)
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It illustrates a standard Purāṇic devotional posture—overwhelmed speech and bodily awe—combined with a doctrinally important term, abhaya (fearlessness), used in many Indic ethical-theological contexts.
No location is named; the verse is experiential and devotional rather than geographic.
The verse elevates humility and recognition of moral virtue (guṇa, vrata) while presenting ‘fearlessness for devotees’ as an ethical-theological ideal.
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