Varaha Purana 73.11: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 11
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
शम्भुरुवाच । भगवन् कथं जानीषे महापुरुषसत्तम । भवेतिनाम्ना तत्सर्वं कथयस्व परो ह्यहम् ॥ ७३.११ ॥
śambhur uvāca | bhagavan kathaṃ jānīṣe mahāpuruṣasattama | bhavetī nāmnā tatsarvaṃ kathayasva paro hy aham || 73.11 ||
ശംഭു പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ ഭഗവൻ, മഹാപുരുഷന്മാരിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനേ, നീ ഇത് എങ്ങനെ അറിയുന്നു? ‘ഭവേതി’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന എല്ലാം എനിക്ക് പൂർണ്ണമായി പറഞ്ഞുതരുക; കാരണം ഞാൻ ആ ജ്ഞാനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് അകന്നവൻ ആകുന്നു.
Śambhu (Śiva)
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It preserves a formal Purāṇic dialogue marker (“X uvāca”) and frames a knowledge-transfer scene where a senior figure (Śambhu) requests a comprehensive explanation, reflecting the didactic narrative style typical of Purāṇic compilation and transmission.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily an inquiry about a named entity (“Bhavetī”) and the grounds of the interlocutor’s knowledge.
The verse foregrounds an intellectual ethic of inquiry: requesting complete clarification from an authoritative source and acknowledging one’s distance from certain knowledge as a basis for careful explanation.
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