Varaha Purana 72.9: Adhyaya 72, Shloka 9
Instruction on the Unity of the Triad
Brahmā-Viṣṇu-Rudra
सृष्टिकाले चतुर्वक्त्रं स्तौमि कालो भवामि च । ब्रह्मा देवासुरा स्तौति मां सदा तु कृते युगे । लिङ्गमूर्तिं च मां देवा यजन्ते भोगकाङ्क्षिणः ॥ ७२.९ ॥
sṛṣṭikāle caturvaktraṃ staumi kālo bhavāmi ca | brahmā devāsurā stauti māṃ sadā tu kṛte yuge | liṅgamūrtiṃ ca māṃ devā yajante bhogakāṅkṣiṇaḥ || 72.9 ||
സൃഷ്ടിക്കാലത്ത് ഞാൻ ചതുര്വക്ത്രൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്)നെ സ്തുതിക്കുന്നു; ഞാൻ തന്നെ കാലമായും ഭവിക്കുന്നു. കൃതയുഗത്തിൽ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് ദേവാസുരന്മാരോടുകൂടെ എപ്പോഴും എന്നെ സ്തുതിക്കുന്നു. ഭോഗം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന ദേവന്മാർ എന്നെ ലിംഗമൂർത്തിയായി ആരാധിക്കുന്നു.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic tendency to integrate cosmological time (kāla), yuga frameworks, and multiple divine forms into a single doctrinal narrative, illustrating how later Sanskrit compendia systematized earlier mythic and philosophical motifs.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological and theological rather than topographical.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse emphasizes a philosophical instruction about recognizing cosmic order—creation, time, and ritual forms—as interconnected aspects within a yuga-based worldview.
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