Varaha Purana 66.6: Adhyaya 66, Shloka 6
Nārada’s Journey to Śvetadvīpa and the Means of Attaining the Lord through the Pañcarātra
येन वेद्मि परं तेषां देवो नारायणः प्रभुः । एवं संचिन्त्य दध्यौ स तं देवं परमेश्वरम् ॥ ६६.६ ॥
yena vedmi paraṁ teṣāṁ devo nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | evaṁ saṁcintya dadhyau sa taṁ devaṁ parameśvaram || 66.6 ||
“അവരെയെല്ലാം സംബന്ധിച്ച പരമതത്ത്വം ഞാൻ ആരാൽ അറിയുന്നുവോ, ആ പ്രഭു ദേവൻ നാരായണൻ തന്നേ”— ഇങ്ങനെ ചിന്തിച്ച് അവൻ ആ പരമേശ്വര ദേവനെ ധ്യാനിച്ചു।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary motif: identifying a supreme deity (here, Nārāyaṇa) as the ultimate principle and presenting meditation (dhyāna) as a disciplined means of aligning knowledge with that principle.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse; the content is primarily philosophical and contemplative.
The verse foregrounds reflective discernment (saṁcintya) followed by meditative focus (dadhyau) as a disciplined intellectual and contemplative practice oriented toward understanding the supreme principle.
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