Varaha Purana 70.16: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 16
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
नारायणः परो देवः सत्त्वरूपो जनार्दनः । त्रिधात्मानं स भगवाँन् ससर्ज परमेश्वरः ॥ ७०.१६ ॥
nārāyaṇaḥ paro devaḥ sattvarūpo janārdanaḥ | tridhātmānaṃ sa bhagavān sasarja parameśvaraḥ || 70.16 ||
नारायण सबसे बड़े भगवान हैं। जनार्दन का रूप बिल्कुल साफ और शुद्ध है। वो परमेश्वर ने अपने आप को तीन हिस्सों में बाँटा और फिर पैदा किया।
Varāha
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It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of identifying a supreme deity (here, Nārāyaṇa/Janārdana) as the ultimate source of creation, using philosophical vocabulary (e.g., sattva, triadic principles) that aligns with wider classical Indian cosmological discourse.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological and doctrinal rather than topographical.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is the portrayal of an ordered cosmos originating from a supreme principle characterized as sattva (clarity/purity), which later Purāṇic contexts often associate with normative ideals of harmony and stability.
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