Varaha Purana 55.40: Adhyaya 55, Shloka 40
Observance of the Auspicious Dvādaśī Vow and the Sacred Account of the Kubjākāmra Tīrtha
यदेतस्मिन् जगद्ध्रुवं चलाचलं सुरादिकालानलसंस्थमुत्तमम् । न त्वं विभक्तोऽसि जनार्दनेश प्रयच्छ सिद्धिं हृदयेप्सितां मे ॥ ५५.४० ॥
yad etasmin jagad dhruvaṁ calācalaṁ surādikālānalasaṁstham uttamam | na tvaṁ vibhakto 'si janārdaneśa prayaccha siddhiṁ hṛdayepsitāṁ me || 55.40 ||
ഈ ഉത്തമ ജഗത്ത്—ചരാചരമൊക്കെയും—നിനക്കുള്ളിൽ തന്നെ ധ്രുവമായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു, യുഗാന്താഗ്നിയിലും പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതമാണ്; അതിനാൽ ഹേ ജനാർദനേശ, നീ അതിൽ നിന്ന് വിഭക്തനല്ല. എന്റെ ഹൃദയം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന സിദ്ധി എനിക്കു പ്രസാദിക്കണമേ.
Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework; verse is a petitionary praise addressed to Janārdana/Varāha)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic mode of cosmological praise (stuti) used to frame dialogue and instruction: the deity is described as the locus of the cosmos, including cyclical time and dissolution imagery (kālānala), before a request for a boon or teaching is made.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and philosophical rather than topographical.
The verse emphasizes an integrative worldview: the cosmos is presented as cohering within a single sustaining principle (the lord is 'not separate'), encouraging a philosophical stance of connectedness rather than fragmentation.
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