Varaha Purana 26.4: Adhyaya 26, Shloka 4
The Sun’s Assumption of Form and the Gods’ Hymn of Pacification
Pūrva Bhāga · Sūrya-stuti / Deva-sabhā varṇana (Hymnic & Cosmological Frame)
तस्मिन् सर्वे सुराः सिद्धा गणाः सर्वे महर्षिभिः । समं सूता इति विभो तस्मात् सूर्यो भवान् स्तुतः ॥ २६.४ ॥
tasmin sarve surāḥ siddhā gaṇāḥ sarve maharṣibhiḥ | samaṃ sūtā iti vibho tasmāt sūryo bhavān stutaḥ || 26.4 ||
tasmin sarve surAH siddhA gaNAH sarve maharShibhiH | samaM sUtA iti vibho tasmAt sUryo bhavan stutaH || 26.4 ||
वहाँ सब देवता, सिद्ध और बड़े रिशि एक साथ बोले। उन्होंने कहा कि तुम सूत हो। इसलिए भगवान, तुम सूर्य हो और सब तुम्हारी तारीफ करते हैं।
Sandhi Notes
- तस्मात् is used adverbially ‘therefore’
Varāha
Divine epithets encode function: Sūrya is praised as ‘Sūta’ because he impels and steers cosmic processes.
Use nāma-japa and stotra with awareness of meaning: contemplate the function behind the name to deepen devotion and understanding.
The Sun is defined by office (impelling/steering) rather than mere substance: ‘Sūta’ frames Sūrya as the cosmic charioteer who sets the worlds’ rhythms in motion—an ṛta-centered view compatible with yajña as world-maintenance.
The acclaim by devas, siddhas, gaṇas, and ṛṣis mirrors a sacrificial assembly: cosmic beings ‘chant’ a title that marks the Sun as the driver of ritual time (days, seasons) enabling yajña.
Name-and-function (nāma-kārya) teaching: epithets arise from operative power; the many praise a single regulator, suggesting unity of governance behind multiplicity.
Varāha Purāṇa 26.26.6-7 (Bhāskara/Prabhākara/Divākara/Āditya as functional names)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic literary mode in which cosmic assemblies (devas, Siddhas, and seers) collectively authorize and amplify praise-poetry (stuti), preserving older hymn traditions within narrative frames.
No specific geographic site is explicitly named in this verse; the reference is to a contextual “there” (tasmin) within the surrounding narrative.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction about collective recognition of cosmic order: learned and celestial communities harmonize in acknowledging a stabilizing principle embodied here by Sūrya.
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