Varaha Purana 6.11: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 11
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
विश्वमूर्तिं महाबाहुं वरदं सर्वतेजसम् । नमामि पुण्डरीकाक्षं विद्याऽविद्यात्मकं विभुम् ॥ ६.११ ॥
viśvamūrtiṁ mahābāhuṁ varadaṁ sarvatejasam | namāmi puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ vidyā’vidyātmakaṁ vibhum || 6.11 ||
Aku bersujud kepada Tuhan bermata teratai, Yang meliputi segala-galanya—berwujud alam semesta, berlengan perkasa, penganugerah kurnia, penuh segala cahaya; Yang berhakikat sebagai pengetahuan dan juga ketidaktahuan, Tuhan Yang Maha Agung.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic practice of opening or framing discourse with a stuti (praise), establishing the cosmic scope of the speaker’s authority and situating the narrative within classical Sanskrit devotional-literary conventions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a universalizing invocation rather than a sacred-geography reference.
The verse models humility and disciplined inquiry through reverential address, and it introduces a philosophical principle: reality is portrayed as encompassing both vidyā (knowledge) and avidyā (non-knowledge), encouraging reflective engagement rather than simplistic binaries.
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