Varaha Purana 70.14: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 14
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
रुद्र उवाच । शृण्वन्तु बिबुधाः सर्वे तथा देवर्षयोऽमलाः । ब्रह्मर्षयश्च विख्याताः सर्वे शृण्वन्तु मे वचः । त्वं चागस्त्य महाबुद्धे शृणु मे गदतो वचः ॥ ७०.१४ ॥
rudra uvāca | śṛṇvantu bibudhāḥ sarve tathā devarṣayo 'malāḥ | brahmarṣayaś ca vikhyātāḥ sarve śṛṇvantu me vacaḥ | tvaṃ cāgastya mahābudhe śṛṇu me gadato vacaḥ || 70.14 ||
रुद्र बोले, सब देवता सुनो, सब रिशि सुनो। अगस्त्य, तुम भी सुनो। मैं जो बोल रहा हूँ वो सुनो।
Rudra
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic transmission-setting: a deity addresses an assembly of sages, establishing authority and an oral-aural framework (“listen”) for the teaching that follows.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a formal address to an audience of sages, including Agastya.
The verse foregrounds disciplined listening and attentive reception of instruction as a philosophical prerequisite for learning within the text’s dialogic tradition.
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