Varaha Purana 35.15: Adhyaya 35, Shloka 15
The Account of Soma’s Decline and Restoration, and the Paurṇamāsī Observance
रुद्रस्तमेव सकलं दधार शिरसा तदा । तदात्मिका भवन्त्यापो विश्वमूर्तिरसौ स्मृतः ॥ ३५.१५ ॥
rudras tam eva sakalaṃ dadhāra śirasā tadā | tadātmikā bhavanty āpo viśvamūrtir asau smṛtaḥ || 35.15 ||
रुद्र ने पूरी दुनिया अपने सिर पे उठा ली। पानी भी उसी का रूप बन गया। लोग कहते हैं कि उसका रूप ही सारी दुनिया है।
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It reflects a Purāṇic cosmological idiom in which deities are described as sustaining cosmic principles, and it illustrates shared theological vocabulary (e.g., viśvamūrti) across Purāṇic traditions.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is cosmological (Rudra, waters, and universal form) rather than sacred geography.
The verse does not issue a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is ontological—presenting the universe and its elements (waters) as grounded in an overarching sustaining principle.
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