Varaha Purana 73.21: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 21
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
ज्वलधूताशार्चिविरुद्धमण्डल प्रपाहि नारायण विश्वतोमुख । नमोऽस्तु देवार्त्तिहरामृताव्यय प्रपाहि मां शरणगतं सदाच्युत ॥ ७३.२१ ॥
jvaladhūtāśārciviruddhamaṇḍala prapāhi nārāyaṇa viśvatomukha | namo 'stu devārttiharāmṛtāvyaya prapāhi māṃ śaraṇagataṃ sadācyuta || 73.21 ||
नारायण, आप हर तरफ देख रहे हैं, मुझे बचाओ। आग की आपको कोई ताकत नहीं मार सकती। आप देवियों के दुख दूर करते हैं, आप कभी नहीं मरते। मैं आपकी शरण में आया हूँ, मुझे बचाओ। आप कभी नहीं गिरे, आप हमेशा स्थित हैं।
Pṛthivī (default speaker framework: supplicant voice within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic literary feature: a concise stuti (hymn of praise) used as a protective appeal, reflecting the text’s devotional register alongside its narrative and didactic materials.
No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is a generalized invocation addressed to Nārāyaṇa with universal epithets such as viśvatomukha (“facing all directions”).
The verse foregrounds the philosophical-ethical posture of śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) and frames protection as a stabilizing cosmic principle attributed to the imperishable (avyaya) divine preserver.
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