Varaha Purana 213.72: Adhyaya 213, Shloka 72
The Glory of Gokarṇeśvara: Nandin’s Austerities and Śiva’s Boons
देवदानवगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः ॥ त्वामेव संश्रयिष्यन्ति मद्भक्ताः पुरुषाश्च ये ॥
devadānavagandharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ || tvām eva saṃśrayiṣyanti madbhaktāḥ puruṣāś ca ye ||
देव, दानव, गंधर्व, यक्ष, राक्षस और नाग सब तुम्हारे पास आएंगे। मेरे भक्त जो लोग हैं वो भी तुम्हारे साथ रहेंगे।
Umāpati (Śiva) (inferred from immediate narrative context of vv. 81–82)
FAQs
It preserves a common Purāṇic trope: enumerating cosmological beings to universalize a claim about protection/refuge, reflecting shared narrative conventions across early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No explicit geographic site is named in this verse; it functions as a universal statement rather than a place-specific māhātmya.
The verse foregrounds the ethical-philosophical idea of śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) linked with devotion (bhakti) as a stabilizing orientation amid diverse beings and conditions.
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