Varaha Purana 70.27: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 27
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
न तस्मात् परतो देवो भविता न भविष्यति । यो विष्णुः स स्वयं ब्रह्मा यो ब्रह्मा सोऽहमेव च ॥ ७०.२७ ॥
na tasmāt parato devo bhavitā na bhaviṣyati | yo viṣṇuḥ sa svayaṃ brahmā yo brahmā so ’ham eva ca || 70.27 ||
इससे बड़ा कोई भगवान नहीं है। न पहले था, न आएगा। जो विष्णु है, वही ब्रह्मा है। जो ब्रह्मा है, वो मैं खुद हूँ।
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic theological strategy: asserting the supremacy of a chosen deity while also equating major divine figures (here, Viṣṇu and Brahmā), reflecting sectarian yet integrative tendencies in early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; its focus is theological identity rather than sacred geography.
Rather than a direct moral rule, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: to understand ultimate divinity as singular and unsurpassed, expressed through multiple revered divine forms.
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