Varaha Purana 62.3: Adhyaya 62, Shloka 3
Instruction on the ‘Health Vow’ and the Rite of Solar Worship
आदित्य भास्कर रवे भानो सूर्य दिवाकर । प्रभाकरेति सम्पूज्य एवं सम्पूज्यते रविः ॥ ६२.३ ॥
āditya bhāskara rave bhāno sūrya divākara | prabhākareti sampūjya evaṃ sampūjyate raviḥ || 62.3 ||
ആദിത്യ, ഭാസ്കര, രവി, ഭാനു, സൂര്യ, ദിവാകര, പ്രഭാകര എന്നീ നാമങ്ങളാൽ വിധിപൂർവം സമ്പൂജിച്ച്—ഇങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാണ് രവിയെ പൂജിക്കുന്നത്.
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic liturgical pattern: honoring a deity through a sequence of epithets (nāma-stuti), reflecting shared hymnological conventions across early medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on devotional address through solar names rather than sacred topography.
The verse emphasizes disciplined reverence expressed through mindful speech—using precise, honorific names as a structured practice of attention and respect.
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