Varaha Purana 33.20: Adhyaya 33, Shloka 20
The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati
विकरालोर्ध्वकेशाय भैरवाय नमो नमः । अग्निज्वालाकरालाय शशिमौलिकृते नमः ॥ ३३.२० ॥
vikarālordhvakeśāya bhairavāya namo namaḥ | agnijvālākarālāya śaśimaulikṛte namaḥ || 33.20 ||
Sembah sujud, sembah sujud kepada Bhairava—yang berwujud garang, dengan rambut tegak menjulang. Sembah sujud kepada-Nya yang menggerunkan dengan nyala api, dan kepada-Nya yang bermahkota hiasan bulan di ubun-ubun.
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in the fragment)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic literary practice: embedding concise hymnic salutations (stuti/namaskāra) that preserve iconographic descriptors used across medieval Sanskrit devotional and ritual traditions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as an iconographic and devotional description rather than a tīrtha (sacred place) reference.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction of reverential acknowledgment (namaskāra) toward a described archetypal figure; it does not present an explicit moral injunction in this fragment.
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