Varaha Purana 31.7: Adhyaya 31, Shloka 7
The Manifestation of Viṣṇu’s Form for Cosmic Governance
the Vaiṣṇava Creation Narrative
सर्वज्ञः सर्वकर्त्ता त्वं सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः । त्रैलोक्यविघ्ननाशाच्च त्वं भव विष्णुः सनातनः ॥ ३१.७ ॥
sarvajñaḥ sarvakartā tvaṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ | trailokyavighnanāśāc ca tvaṃ bhava viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ || 31.7 ||
तुम सब कुछ जानते हो और सबका करता हो। सब दुनिया तुम्हे प्रणाम करती है। तुम तीनों दुनिया के रास्ते से रुकावटें दूर करो। तुम सदा के लिए विष्णु बनो।
Varāha (default speaker attribution within the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework, since the fragment does not explicitly specify)
FAQs
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary mode—stuti (formal praise)—using stock epithets (e.g., sarvajña, sarvakartā) to frame the central figure’s cosmic authority within the broader Sanskrit devotional and philosophical register.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it uses the cosmological scope of trailokya (“the three worlds”) rather than a localized sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds an ideal of beneficent cosmic governance: the praised figure is characterized as one who removes obstacles (vighna-nāśa) for the welfare of beings across the three worlds.
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