Varaha Purana 23.13: Adhyaya 23, Shloka 13
The Birth of Gaṇapati, the Emergence of the Vināyakas, and the Significance of the Fourth Lunar Day
मूर्त्तिमानतितेजस्वी हसतः परमेष्ठिनः । प्रदीप्तास्यो महादीप्तः कुमारो भासयन् दिशः । परमेष्ठिगुणैर्युक्तः साक्षाद् रुद्र इवापरः ॥ २३.१३ ॥
mūrttimān atitejasvī hasataḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ | pradīptāsyo mahādīptaḥ kumāro bhāsayan diśaḥ | parameṣṭhiguṇair yuktaḥ sākṣād rudra ivāparaḥ || 23.13 ||
जब वो देव हँस रहे थे, तब वहाँ एक कुमार पैदा हुआ। वो बहुत तेज़ चमक रहा था, उसका मुँह आग जैसा था। वो चारों दिशाओं को रोशन कर रहा था। उसमे वो देव की सारी खूबियाँ थीं, बिल्कुल रुद्र जैसा दिखता था।
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in the excerpt)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary motif: a luminous emanation or manifestation from a supreme figure, expressed through highly visual Sanskrit compounds and epithets that reflect intertextual links across Purāṇas.
No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse; the reference to “the directions” (diśaḥ) functions as cosmological space rather than a named site.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis is on the manifestation of power (tejas) and cosmic order, presented through the image of illumination pervading all directions.
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