Varaha Purana 23.6: Adhyaya 23, Shloka 6
The Birth of Gaṇapati, the Emergence of the Vināyakas, and the Significance of the Fourth Lunar Day
ते तत्र रुद्रमागम्य कैलासनिलयं गुरुम् । ऊचुः सविनयं सर्वे प्रणिपातपुरःसरम् ॥ २३.६ ॥
te tatra rudram āgamya kailāsanilayaṃ gurum | ūcuḥ savinayaṃ sarve praṇipātapuraḥsaram || 23.6 ||
वो सब वहाँ गए और रुद्र से मिले। रुद्र कैलाश पर रहते हैं और सबके गुरु हैं। सब ने उनके पास जाकर पहले प्रणाम किया। फिर बड़े इज्जत से बात की।
Narrator (default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue; specific speaker not explicit in this fragment)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative protocol: approaching an authoritative figure (here Rudra at Kailāsa) with formal respect (praṇipāta) before initiating discourse, reflecting courtly and scholastic etiquette in Sanskrit literature.
Kailāsa (Mount Kailāsa), a major Himalayan sacred-geographic toponym in South Asian textual traditions, widely associated in scholarship with the Kailāsa region in the Transhimalaya (present-day Tibet Autonomous Region).
The verse foregrounds vinaya (humility) and respectful conduct—approaching a teacher/elder with deference and beginning speech only after an act of obeisance.
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