Varaha Purana 18.2: Adhyaya 18, Shloka 2
The Origin of Fire and the Liturgical Names of Agni
आदित्यचन्द्रमातॄणां दुर्गायाः वा दिशां तथा । धनदस्य च विष्णोर्वा धर्मस्य परमेष्ठिनः ॥ १८.२ ॥
ādityacandramātṝṇāṃ durgāyā vā diśāṃ tathā | dhanadasya ca viṣṇor vā dharmasya parameṣṭhinaḥ || 18.2 ||
“—tentang Āditya (Surya), Candra (Bulan), para Mātṛ (Ibu-ibu Ilahi), atau Durgā; demikian juga tentang segala arah; dan tentang Dhanada (Kubera), atau Viṣṇu, Dharma, serta Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā).”
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
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It preserves a typical Purāṇic liturgical register: enumerating major deities and cosmic guardians as objects of remembrance or invocation, reflecting shared ritual vocabulary across early medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific terrestrial location is named; the verse instead references cosmic directions (diśaḥ), a standard spatial framework in Indic cosmology and ritual orientation.
Implicitly, the verse promotes disciplined remembrance/acknowledgment of cosmic order and its guardians (Dharma, directions, major deities), aligning personal conduct with a broader moral-cosmic framework rather than prescribing sectarian obligation.
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