Varaha Purana 21.20: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 20
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
Pūrva Bhāga · Pr̥thivī-uddhāra and Theological Cosmology
सर्वज्ञाणमयो देवः सर्वदेवमयोऽमलः । प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य जगतस्तपसा बभौ ॥ २१.२१ ॥
sarvajñānamayo devaḥ sarvadevamayo 'malaḥ | pratyakṣadarśī sarvasya jagatas tapasā babhau || 21.21 ||
sarvaj~nAnamayo devaH sarvadevamayo.amalaH | pratyakShadarshI sarvasya jagatastapasA babhau || 21.21 ||
Sang Dewa adalah wujud segala pengetahuan, merangkum semua dewa, dan tanpa noda. Dengan daya tapa, ia bersinar sebagai penyaksi langsung seluruh jagat.
Sandhi Notes
- सर्वदेवमयोऽमलः = सर्वदेवमयः + अमलः (अ + अ → ’)
Varāha
Purity (amala) and tapas yield direct vision; the divine is the unified ground of all deities and all knowledge.
Practice disciplined tapas (ethical restraint, meditation, steady worship) to cultivate clarity and ‘direct seeing’ in one’s own cognition.
‘All-knowledge, all-gods, stainless, direct seer’ describes the cosmic Person as the integrated totality of divine functions—compatible with Yajña-Varāha theology where one form embodies all devatās and all knowing.
All-devatā embodiment parallels yajña where many deities are invoked yet one sacrificial order holds them; ‘tapas’ as inner fire that illumines the whole jagat.
Sarvajñatva and viśvarūpatva: the pure consciousness principle ‘sees’ all directly; tapas signifies concentrated awareness leading to immediate knowledge (aparokṣa-jñāna).
Varāha Purāṇa 21.21.17-20 (cosmic assembly and emergences)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic idiom in which divine authority is articulated through omniscience, purity, and tapas (ascetic discipline), illustrating how Sanskrit narrative theology integrates epistemology (knowledge) with cosmological governance.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily theological and cosmological in focus.
The verse foregrounds tapas (disciplined practice) and purity as sources of clarity and effective agency, presenting an ideal of knowledge joined with moral integrity rather than coercive power.
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