Varaha Purana 70.12: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 12
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
एवं कृत्वा स्थिते राजन् रुद्रः पृष्टो मया । अनघ । एवमर्थं क इज्योऽत्र युष्माकं सुरसत्तमाः ॥ ७०.१२ ॥
evaṁ kṛtvā sthite rājan rudraḥ pṛṣṭo mayā, anagha | evam-arthaṁ ka ijyo 'tra yuṣmākaṁ sura-sattamāḥ || 70.12 ||
राजा, मैंने रुद्र से पूछा। मैंने कहा, इन सब देवताओं में यहाँ किस की पूजा करनी चाहिए?
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: a courtly or didactic dialogue where ritual authority is clarified through questioning, preserving norms of worship and theological hierarchy in a descriptive (not prescriptive) literary form.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the deictic term “atra” (“here”) indicates a location established in the surrounding passage.
The verse foregrounds epistemic humility and procedural ethics: proper action (here, worship) should be undertaken after inquiry and clarification from an authoritative source within the narrative.
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