Varaha Purana 73.27: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 27
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
परं न जानन्ति यतो वपुस्ते देवादयोऽप्यद्भुतकारणं तत् । अतोऽवतारोक्ततनुं पुराणमाराधयेयुः कमलासनाद्याः ॥ ७३.२७ ॥
paraṁ na jānanti yato vapus te devādayo 'py adbhuta-kāraṇaṁ tat | ato 'vatāroktatanuṁ purāṇaṁ ārādhayeyuḥ kamalāsanādyāḥ || 73.27 ||
देवी-देवता भी तुम्हारा असली रूप पूरा नहीं जानते, क्योंकि उसका कारण कुछ अलग ही है। इसलिए ब्रह्मा और बाकी लोग इस पुराण को पढ़ें। यह पुराण अवतार की कहानी बताता है, इसी को पूजा करना चाहिए।
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It reflects a Purāṇic strategy of legitimizing the Purāṇa as an authoritative medium for conveying otherwise inaccessible knowledge about the supreme form, positioning the text itself as a venerable vehicle of transmission.
No geographic location is named in this verse; its focus is theological and textual (the status of the Purāṇa and avatāra narrative).
A philosophical instruction to approach ultimate reality with epistemic humility and to engage in disciplined study/veneration of the Purāṇic tradition as a means of understanding the avatāra narrative.
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