Varaha Purana 73.45: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 45
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
यत् त्वयोक्तं वहस्वेति देवदेव उमापते । सोऽहं वहामि त्वां देवं मेघो भूत्वा शतं समाः ॥ ७३.४५ ॥
yat tvayoktaṁ vahasveti devadeva umāpate | so 'haṁ vahāmi tvāṁ devaṁ megho bhūtvā śataṁ samāḥ || 73.45 ||
ഹേ ദേവദേവാ, ഹേ ഉമാപതേ! നിങ്ങൾ ‘എന്നെ വഹിക്ക’ എന്നു കല്പിച്ചതിനാൽ, ഞാൻ മേഘരൂപം ധരിച്ചു നൂറു വർഷം നിങ്ങളെ, ഹേ ദേവാ, വഹിക്കും।
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It illustrates Purāṇic narrative technique: divine epithets and vows framed as dialogue, reflecting the textual culture of integrating Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava honorifics within a shared mythic register.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is primarily a narrative statement of carrying/bearing in the form of a cloud.
The verse foregrounds fidelity to one’s spoken commitment (vākyapālana): the speaker undertakes a prolonged act of support (‘bearing’) in response to a request.
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