Varaha Purana 70.9: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 9
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
आगम्य शिरसा रुद्रं स ववन्दे महामुनिः । मया प्रणमितस्तस्थौ समीपे शूलपाणिनः ॥ ७०.९ ॥
āgamya śirasā rudraṃ sa vavande mahāmuniḥ | mayā praṇamitas tasthau samīpe śūlapāṇinaḥ || 70.9 ||
രുദ്രന്റെ അടുക്കൽ ചെന്ന ആ മഹാമുനി ശിരസ്സു നമിച്ച് വന്ദിച്ചു. എന്റെ പ്രണാമം സ്വീകരിച്ച ശേഷം ശൂലപാണിയുടെ സമീപത്ത് നിന്നു।
Varāha (default framework; explicit speaker not stated in the fragment)
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It documents a conventional Purāṇic scene of respectful encounter (praṇāma) with Rudra, reflecting shared etiquette and interlinked sacred literatures across Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava narrative milieus.
No specific place-name appears in this verse; it situates the action generally as being ‘near’ (samīpe) Rudra/Śūlapāṇin without a named site.
The verse foregrounds disciplined humility and proper conduct—approaching revered figures respectfully and maintaining reverential proximity—presented as a cultural norm within ascetic and Purāṇic settings.
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