Varaha Purana 73.34: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 34
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
Pūrva Bhāga · Stuti (Devotional Hymn) within the Varāha–Pṛthivī Dialogue Framework
इति स्तुतिं मे भगवन्ननन्त जुषस्व भक्तस्य विशेषतश्च । सृष्टिं सृजस्वेति तवोदितस्य सर्वज्ञतां देहि नमोऽस्तु विष्णो ॥ ७३.३४ ॥
iti stutiṁ me bhagavann ananta juṣasva bhaktasya viśeṣataś ca | sṛṣṭiṁ sṛjasv eti tavoditasya sarvajñatāṁ dehi namo 'stu viṣṇo || 73.34 ||
iti stutiM me bhagavannananta juShasva bhaktasya visheShatashcha | sRRiShTiM sRRijasveti tavoditasya sarvaj~natAM dehi namo.astu viShNo || 73.34 ||
भगवन, मैंने जो स्तुति की है उसे एक्सेप्ट करो। मैं भक्त हूँ, इसलिए मेरी बात सुनो। तुमने कहा था कि मैं पैदा करूँ, तो मुझे पूरा ज्ञान दो। विष्णु भगवन को नमस्ते।
Sandhi Notes
- bhagavann ananta = भगवन् + अनन्त (n-sandhi)
- sṛjasv eti = सृजस्व + इति
- tavoditasya = तव + उदितस्य
- namo 'stu = नमः + अस्तु (visarga sandhi)
Pṛthivī
Devotional, hopeful, petitioning
Will you accept my hymn and grant me the knowledge/omniscience needed to participate rightly in the act of creation?
Devotional praise offered with sincerity becomes a conduit for divine bestowal of higher knowledge and right participation in cosmic order.
Offer stotra with focused intent; seek wisdom to act in harmony with dharma rather than seeking only worldly boons.
Bhu Devī offers stuti to Ananta/Viṣṇu-Varāha, asks him to accept it, and petitions for sarvajñatā in the context of creation.
Stuti as a creative/ordering act: praise aligns the devotee with the cosmic will (‘sṛṣṭiṃ sṛjasva’), and the Lord as Ananta is the limitless ground from which knowledge and creation proceed.
Implicit yajña logic: hymn (stuti) functions like offering; acceptance by the Lord parallels oblation received, resulting in boon (jñāna).
Knowledge as grace (jñāna-prasāda): sarvajñatā here signals empowered insight for cosmic function, ultimately rooted in the Lord’s omniscience.
Varāha Purāṇa: stuti-to-boon narrative pattern
FAQs
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary feature: a stuti (hymn) embedded within a dialogue frame, where a devotee addresses a supreme figure (here, Viṣṇu/Ananta) using formal praise and requests, reflecting devotional idioms prevalent in early medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a devotional and philosophical request addressed to Viṣṇu/Ananta.
The verse foregrounds a philosophical instruction of humility and disciplined speech: offering praise and requesting knowledge (sarvajñatā) through devotion and respectful address rather than through coercive authority.
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