Varaha Purana 33.15: Adhyaya 33, Shloka 15
The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati
इत्युक्तास्तेन ते देवाः स्तुतिं चक्रुर्महात्मनः ॥ ३३.१५ ॥
ity uktās tena te devāḥ stutiṁ cakrur mahātmanaḥ || 33.15 ||
ब्रह्मा के कहने पर भगवानों ने शिव की स्तुति की। वो बड़े आदमी थे, इसलिए सब ने उनकी तारीफ की।
Narrator (default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue; speaker not explicit in this fragment)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative device: after a divine figure addresses the gods, the text transitions into a formal stuti, reflecting the genre’s liturgical-poetic layer and its role in framing authority and reverence.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions as a narrative connector leading into a hymn.
Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse models a cultural-literary practice: responding to perceived greatness or beneficence with articulated praise, serving as a rhetorical acknowledgment within the narrative.
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