Varaha Purana 7.37: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 37
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
स्वयं त्रिमूर्तिः स्वमिवात्मनात्मनि स्वशक्तितश्चाण्डमिदं ससर्ज्ज ह । तस्मिञ्जलोत्थासनमार्यतेजसं ससर्ज्ज यस्तं प्रणतोऽस्मि भूधरम् ॥ ७.३७ ॥
svayaṃ trimūrtiḥ svam ivātmanātmani svaśaktitaś cāṇḍam idaṃ sasarjja ha | tasmiñ jalotthāsanam āryatejasaṃ sasarjja yas taṃ praṇato ’smi bhūdharam || 7.37 ||
സ്വയം ത്രിമൂർത്തിയായവൻ, തന്റെ സ്വശക്തിയാൽ തന്റെ ഉള്ളിലേ തന്നെയെന്നപോലെ ഈ ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡാണ്ഡം സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു; അതിനുള്ളിൽ ഉന്നത തേജസ്സുള്ള ജലോത്ഭവാസനം ഉൽപ്പാദിപ്പിച്ചവൻ—ആ ഭൂധരനോട് ഞാൻ പ്രണാമം ചെയ്യുന്നു.
Varāha (default speaker framework for this narrative unit)
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It preserves a classical Purāṇic cosmogonic formula—creation of the brahmāṇḍa (cosmic egg) through intrinsic divine power—useful for comparing Varāha Purāṇa’s creation narrative with parallel accounts in other Purāṇas and epic literature.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the imagery is cosmological (brahmāṇḍa, water-born seat) rather than tied to a localized tīrtha or region.
The verse models intellectual and devotional humility through reverential acknowledgment of the cosmic order’s source; it frames Earth-support/restoration (bhūdhara) as a central cultural-ecological theme without prescribing sectarian superiority.
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