Varaha Purana 73.22: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 22
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
वक्त्राण्यनेकानि विभो तवाहं पश्यामि मध्यस्थगतं पुराणम् । ब्रह्माणमीशं जगतां प्रसूतिं नमोऽस्तु तुभ्यं तु पितामहाय ॥ ७३.२२ ॥
vaktrāṇy anekāni vibho tavāhaṃ paśyāmi madhyastha-gataṃ purāṇam | brahmāṇam īśaṃ jagatāṃ prasūtiṃ namo 'stu tubhyaṃ tu pitāmahāya || 73.22 ||
प्रभु, मैं आपके कितने चेहरे देख रहा हूँ। बीच में ब्रह्मा भी बैठे हैं, जो बहुत पुराने हैं। वो सब दुनिया के पिताजी हैं, सबकी शुरुआत उनसे हुई। मैं उनको भी प्रणाम करता हूँ, वो हमारे पिताजी हैं।
Pṛthivī (default per dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic mode of cosmological praise in which multiple forms and internalized deities are used to articulate a layered universe and a hierarchical yet integrated divine order.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and theological in focus.
The verse foregrounds intellectual humility and reverential acknowledgment of cosmic origins—an epistemic and philosophical posture rather than a prescriptive social rule.
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