Varaha Purana 6.14: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 14
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
सहस्रशीर्षिणं देवं सहस्राक्षं महाभुजम् । जगत्संव्याप्य तिष्ठन्तं नमस्ये परमेश्वरम् ॥ ६.१४ ॥
sahasraśīrṣiṇaṃ devaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ mahābhujam | jagatsaṃvyāpya tiṣṭhantaṃ namasye parameśvaram || 6.14 ||
मैं उस परमेश्वर को नमन करता हूँ। उसके हज़ारों सर हैं, हज़ारों आँखें हैं, और बड़ी-बड़ी बाहें हैं। वो पूरी दुनिया को अपने में लिए हुए खड़ा है।
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It preserves a Purāṇic formulation of the deity’s cosmic form—using epithets such as “thousand-headed” and “all-pervading”—a motif continuous with earlier Sanskrit theological and cosmological idioms used to express universality and omnipresence.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the scope is universal (“jagat,” the cosmos/world) rather than tied to a pilgrimage site or regional toponym.
The verse models a philosophical posture of humility and reverence toward the all-pervading cosmic principle (parameśvara), emphasizing recognition of a reality understood as encompassing the entire world.
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