Varaha Purana 2.71: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 71
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
कन्योवाच य एष मच्छरीरस्थः सर्वाङ्गैश्चारुलोचनः । एष ऋग्वेदनामा तु देवो नारायणः स्वयम् । वह्निभूतो दहत्याशु पापान्युच्चारणादनु ॥ २.७० ॥
kanyovāca ya eṣa maccharīrasthaḥ sarvāṅgaiś cārulocanaḥ | eṣa ṛgvedanāmā tu devo nārāyaṇaḥ svayam | vahnibhūto dahaty āśu pāpāny uccāraṇād anu || 2.70 ||
ಕನ್ಯೆ ಹೇಳಿದಳು—ನನ್ನ ದೇಹದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುವವನು, ಸರ್ವಾಂಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೋಹರನೂ ಸುಂದರನೇತ್ರನೂ ಆಗಿರುವವನು; ಅವನೇ ‘ಋಗ್ವೇದ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮಧಾರಿ ದೇವ, ಸ್ವಯಂ ನಾರಾಯಣ. ಅಗ್ನಿರೂಪನಾಗಿ ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣದ ಫಲವಾಗಿ ಪಾಪಗಳನ್ನು ಶೀಘ್ರ ದಹಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Kanyā (the maiden; speaker label ‘kanyovāca’)
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It illustrates a Purāṇic strategy of identifying Vedic revelation with a personal deity (here, Nārāyaṇa), reflecting later reception-history where Veda, devotion, and ritual recitation are integrated within a Vaiṣṇava framework.
No geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is doctrinal—on Veda-identification and the purificatory power attributed to recitation.
The verse emphasizes purification through disciplined speech—recitation/utterance (uccāraṇa) is presented as a means to reduce moral impurity (pāpa), framing ethical self-cultivation through textual practice.
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