Varaha Purana 113.1: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 1
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
Pūrva Bhāga · Bhagavat-stuti (Invocation to Varāha and Sanatkumāra)
अथ भगवत्स्तुतिः ॥ ॐ नमो वराहाय नमो ब्रह्मपुत्राय सनत्कुमाराय नमः ॥
atha bhagavat-stutiḥ || oṃ namo varāhāya namo brahma-putrāya sanatkumārāya namaḥ ||
atha bhagavatstutiH || OM namo varAhAya namo brahmaputrAya sanatkumArAya namaH
ಇದೀಗ ಭಗವಂತನ ಸ್ತುತಿ ಆರಂಭ—ಓಂ ವರಾಹನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ; ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಪುತ್ರ ಸನತ್ಕುಮಾರನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ।
Sandhi Notes
- bhagavat + stutiḥ → bhagavatstutiḥ (written with hyphen in IAST)
- brahma + putrāya → brahmaputrāya
- sanat + kumārāya → sanatkumārāya
Narrator (invocatory formula)
Auspicious commencement: remembrance and salutation to the deity and the seer-line stabilizes the listener’s mind and legitimizes the teaching.
Begin study/recitation with oṃ and namas, orienting intention toward īśvara and the teaching lineage.
The opening stuti frames Varāha as the supreme auspicious refuge; pairing Varāha with Sanatkumāra signals a transmission-line (guru-paramparā) and the Purāṇic method of revealing tattva through venerable seers.
Implicit only: the mantra-like salutation (oṃ, namas) functions as a ritual preface, treating the deity as the yajña’s presiding reality.
Namas to Varāha indicates īśvara as the ultimate upāsya; the mention of Brahmā’s son Sanatkumāra evokes jñāna-tradition (sanatkumāra as teacher in Upaniṣadic lore), aligning bhakti-stuti with jñāna-pravāha.
Varāha Purāṇa frame-dialogue openings where stuti precedes instruction
FAQs
It preserves an invocation style typical of Purāṇic chapters, signaling textual authority and framing the ensuing narrative as a formal discourse.
No geographic location is named here; the verse functions as an invocation.
A norm of respectful address toward principal figures of the discourse, establishing a disciplined listening/recitation context.
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