Varaha Purana 12.7: Adhyaya 12, Shloka 7
Supratīka’s Hymn to Rāma and the Granting of a Boon through Divine Manifestation
वेदेषु नष्टेषु भवांस्तथा हरे करोषि मात्स्यं वपुरात्मनः सदा । युगक्षये रञ्जितसर्वदिङ्मुखो भवांस्तथाग्निर्बहुरूपधृग्विभो ॥ १२.७ ॥
vedeṣu naṣṭeṣu bhavāṁs tathā hare karoṣi mātsyaṁ vapur ātmanaḥ sadā | yugakṣaye rañjita-sarva-diṅmukho bhavāṁs tathāgnir bahu-rūpa-dhṛg vibho || 12.7 ||
ഹേ ഹരി! വേദങ്ങൾ നശിച്ചാൽ നീ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും സ്വയം മത്സ്യരൂപം ധരിക്കുന്നു. യുഗാന്തത്തിൽ സർവ്വദിക്കുകളെയും പ്രകാശിപ്പിക്കുന്ന മുഖമുള്ള, ബഹുരൂപധാരി വിഭോ, നീ അഗ്നിരൂപമായി പ്രത്യക്ഷമാകുന്നു.
Pṛthivī (default dialogue role: inquirer; attribution inferred from common Varāha–Pṛthivī frame)
How do your recurring avatāras (Matsya; cosmic Fire at yuga-end) preserve Veda and regulate dissolution?
curious, reverent; seeking cosmological clarification about divine interventions across yugas
The Lord is the cyclical regulator of śruti and pralaya: as Matsya he rescues Veda (knowledge-order), and as all-facing Fire he reabsorbs the cosmos; avatāra is presented as a functional manifestation of the one Brahman/Īśvara across cosmic phases.
Not explicit Varāha-yajña mapping here; imagery centers on 'all-direction-facing' (sarva-diṅmukha) cosmic Fire as dissolution-agent and Matsya as Veda-savior.
Supports ekam eva advitīyam-style primacy: one supreme reality manifests as many forms (bahurūpadhṛk) for loka-saṃgraha—preservation of śāstra and orderly pralaya.
One Lord repeatedly assumes forms to preserve Veda and to dissolve/recreate the cosmos at yuga boundaries.
Cultivate śraddhā in śāstra and in divine guardianship of knowledge; interpret historical/cosmic crises as occasions for dharma-restoration.
Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame on cosmic cycles and avatāras (surrounding adhyāya context)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic motif in which sacred knowledge (the Vedas) is periodically threatened and ritually re-secured through avatāra narratives, illustrating how Purāṇas frame textual authority within cyclical cosmology.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the reference is cosmological (loss of the Vedas, end of a yuga) rather than topographical.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction about stewardship of knowledge and order: cultural memory and dharma are portrayed as requiring preservation across cycles of disruption.
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