Varaha Purana 4.8: Adhyaya 4, Shloka 8
On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
अभिव्याप्तिमिदं सर्वं जगन्नारायणेन ह । इत्येतत् कथितं देवि किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥ ४.८ ॥
abhivyāptim idaṃ sarvaṃ jagan nārāyaṇena ha | ityetat kathitaṃ devi kim anyac chrotum icchasi || 4.8 ||
ಈ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಜಗತ್ತು ಸರ್ವತ್ರ ನಾರಾಯಣನಿಂದ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ—ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಓ ದೇವಿ, ಇದನ್ನು ವಿವರಿಸಿದೆನು; ಇನ್ನೇನು ಕೇಳಲು ಇಚ್ಛಿಸುತ್ತೀಯೆ?
Varāha
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic cosmological formulation—describing a single principle (here, Nārāyaṇa) as pervading the cosmos—framed within a teacher–inquirer dialogue style typical of early medieval Sanskrit compendia.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is a universal cosmological statement rather than a passage of sacred geography.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction: reality is presented as pervaded by a single sustaining principle, encouraging a worldview of integrated order rather than a direct prescriptive moral rule.
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