Varaha Purana 9.33: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 33
The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
विरुद्धमेतत् तव देवरूपं सुभीषणं सुस्वनमद्रितुल्यम् । पुराण देवेश जगन्निवास शमं प्रयाह्यच्युत तीव्रभानो ॥ ९.३३ ॥
viruddham etat tava devarūpaṃ subhīṣaṇaṃ susvanam adritulyam | purāṇa deveśa jagannivāsa śamaṃ prayāhy acyuta tīvrabhāno || 9.33 ||
यह रूप तुम्हारे नॉर्मल रूप से अलग लग रहा है। डरावना है, आवाज़ में ज़ोर है, और पहाड़ जैसा बड़ा है। पुराने भगवान, देवताओं के स्वामी, दुनिया का आशियाना, अच्युत, तुम चमक रहे हो। अब शांत हो जाओ।
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It illustrates a standard Purāṇic rhetorical mode: the interlocutor addresses the central figure with layered epithets while requesting a change in cosmic or narrative intensity, reflecting the text’s didactic and dialogic composition style.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the imagery is comparative (e.g., 'mountain-like') rather than toponymic.
The verse foregrounds śama (calm/restraint) as a philosophical instruction—requesting the powerful agent to moderate overwhelming force and return to equilibrium.
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