Varaha Purana 163.67: Adhyaya 163, Shloka 67
The Greatness of Kapila-Varāha: The Efficacy of Vaikuṇṭha Tīrtha and the Installation History of the Varāha Image
देव त्वं स्वल्पकायोऽसि नाहमुद्धरणक्षमः ॥ प्रसीद देवदेवेश सुरनाथ नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
deva tvaṃ svalpakāyo ’si nāham uddharaṇa-kṣamaḥ | prasīda deva-deveśa sura-nātha namo ’stu te ||
देवी, आपका शरीर छोटा है, मैं आपको उठा नहीं पाऊँगा। भगवान, कृपा करो। देवियों के स्वामी, आपको प्रणाम।
Unspecified (within the excerpt); default framework: a supplicant addressing a deity (Varāha as focal deity in context)
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It exemplifies Purāṇic courtly-devotional address (epithets + request), a style shared with stotra traditions and epic dialogue.
No terrestrial location is specified in this verse; it is a direct address within a narrative scene.
The verse foregrounds humility and recognition of limitation as appropriate attitudes when approaching power and authority.
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