Varaha Purana 215.20: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 20
Description of the Māhātmya of Gokarṇeśvara and Jaleśvara (Śaileśvara) in the Śleṣmātaka Forest
तत्र ते विबुधा दृष्ट्वा सर्वे मां समचोदयन् ॥ आद्योऽहं सर्वदेवानां कथमेतद्भवेदिति
tatra te vibudhā dṛṣṭvā sarve māṃ samacodayan || ādyo'haṃ sarvadevānāṃ katham etad bhaved iti
जब उन्होंने उसे देखा तो वो सब मुझसे पूछने लगे। उन्होंने कहा, मैं सबसे बड़ा देव हूँ, तो यह कैसे हो सकता है?
Varāha (default dialogue framework; first-person 'mām' indicates narrator/instructor voice)
FAQs
It preserves a dialogic hinge-point typical of Purāṇic storytelling, where a narrator-authority is prompted to interpret a vision within a multi-deity framework.
No place-name appears; the focus is on the encounter context within the forest tract.
It models interpretive restraint: the scene invites inquiry and clarification rather than immediate assumption.
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