Varaha Purana 185.33: Adhyaya 185, Shloka 33
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मन्त्रः— आदिर्भवान्ब्रह्मयुगान्तकल्पः सर्वेषु कालेष्वपि कल्पभूतः ।। एको भवान्नास्ति कश्चिद्द्वितीय उपागतस्तिष्ठ हि लोकनाथ ॥
mantraḥ— ādir bhavān brahma-yugānta-kalpaḥ sarveṣu kāleṣv api kalpa-bhūtaḥ || eko bhavān nāsti kaścid dvitīya upāgatas tiṣṭha hi lokanātha ||
यह मंत्र है। तुम ही पहले हो, ब्रह्मा के युग के आंत का समय। हर वक्त तुम ही कल के बेस हो। तुम एक हो, कोई दूसरा नहीं। तुम आ गए हो, यहाँ रहो, दुनिया के स्वामी।
Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame (mantra cited; speaker not explicit in verse)
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It preserves a devotional–ritual mantra style typical of Purāṇic transmission, combining cosmological titles (kalpa, Brahmā-yuga) with liturgical address used in household or temple worship contexts.
No specific place-name is stated in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and liturgical.
The verse models reverential speech and a disciplined ritual attitude—approaching the deity with acknowledgement of unity and cosmic order, without prescribing social coercion.
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