Varaha Purana 21.68: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 68
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
पूष्णोऽस्य दन्तान्तक भीमरूप प्रलम्बभोगीन्द्रलुलन्तकण्ठ । विशालदेहाच्युत नीलकण्ठ प्रसीद विश्वेश्वर विश्वमूर्त्ते ॥ २१.६९ ॥
pūṣṇo 'sya dantāntaka bhīmarūpa pralambabhogīndralulantakaṇṭha | viśāladehācyuta nīlakaṇṭha prasīda viśveśvara viśvamūrte || 21.69 ||
プーシャン（Pūṣan）の歯を砕く威怖の御方よ、恐るべき相の御方よ。長き身をもつ蛇王にして、垂れ下がる巻き輪で喉を飾る御方よ。広大なる身のアチュタ（Acyuta）よ、青き喉のニーラカンタ（Nīlakaṇṭha）よ、どうか憐れみたまえ—宇宙の主、世界そのものの御姿よ。
Varāha (default speaker framework; hymn-voice not explicitly identified in excerpt)
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It preserves a stotra-like cluster of epithets that reflect Purāṇic devotional style and the historical blending of iconographic titles across sectarian vocabularies in medieval Sanskrit transmission.
No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is primarily an address using divine epithets rather than a sacred-site description.
The verse does not present a direct moral injunction; its philosophical instruction is devotional and cosmological—portraying the addressed deity as 'Lord of the universe' and 'embodiment of the cosmos,' emphasizing an all-encompassing metaphysical identity.
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