Varaha Purana 4.20: Adhyaya 4, Shloka 20
On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिः पीतवासाऽ जनार्दनः । गरुडस्थो महादेवः कस्तस्य सदृशो भुवि ॥ ४.२० ॥
śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ | garuḍastho mahādevaḥ kastasya sadṛśo bhuvi || 4.20 ||
जनार्दन के हाथ में शंख, चक्र और गदा है। पीले कपड़े पहने है, गरुड़ पर बैठा है। इतना बड़ा भगवान, दुनिया में कौन उसके जैसा हो सकता है?
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It preserves a standard Purāṇic iconographic formula—conch, discus, and mace with yellow garments and Garuḍa mount—useful for tracing the stabilization of Vaiṣṇava visual and literary descriptors across early medieval Sanskrit traditions.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the term "bhuvi" functions generically as "in the world/on earth" rather than denoting a particular site.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse models a philosophical-literary practice of contemplative praise, emphasizing exemplar qualities through comparison and the assertion of unsurpassed excellence.
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