Varaha Purana 73.28: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 28
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
न ते वपुर्विश्वसृगब्जयोनिर् एकान्ततो वेद महानुभावः । परं त्वहं वेद्मि कविं पुराणं भवन्तमाद्यं तपसा विशुद्धः ॥ ७३.२८ ॥
na te vapur viśvasṛg abjayoniḥ ekāntato veda mahānubhāvaḥ | paraṃ tv ahaṃ vedmi kaviṃ purāṇaṃ bhavantam ādyaṃ tapasā viśuddhaḥ || 73.28 ||
ब्रह्मा ने भी तुम्हारा रूप पूरा नहीं देखा, जबकि उन्होंने दुनिया बनाई और कमल से पैदा हुए। पर मैंने तप किया और मन साफ किया, इसलिए मैं जानता हूँ। तुम ही सबसे पहले हो, तुम पुराने कवि हो, सबका आदि हो।
Varāha
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It reflects a common Purāṇic motif: the limits of even the cosmic creator’s knowledge (Brahmā) contrasted with higher, primordial reality, illustrating layered cosmology and epistemology in Sanskrit narrative theology.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological and philosophical.
The verse emphasizes disciplined self-purification (tapas) as a means to clearer knowledge, framed as an epistemic and philosophical ideal rather than a compulsory doctrine.
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