Varaha Purana 113.3: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 3
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
दंष्ट्राग्रेणोद्धृता गोरोदधिपरिवृता पर्वतैर्निम्नगाभिर्भक्तानां भीतिहानौ सुरनरकदशास्यान्तकः क्रोडरूपी ॥ विष्णुः सर्वेश्वरोऽयं यमिह हतमला लीलया प्राप्नुवन्ति त्यक्तात्मानो न पापे प्रभु भवतु मुदितारातिपक्षक्षितीशम् ॥
daṃṣṭrāgreṇoddhṛtā gorodadhi-parivṛtā parvatair nimnagābhir bhaktānāṃ bhīti-hānau sura-naraka-daśāsyāntakaḥ kroḍa-rūpī || viṣṇuḥ sarveśvaro 'yaṃ yam iha hata-malā līlayā prāpnuvanti tyaktātmāno na pāpe prabhu bhavatu muditārāti-pakṣa-kṣitīśam ||
Uniesiona na czubku Jego kła, otoczona Oceanem Mleka, z górami i rzekami, ukazuje się jako Pan w postaci Dzika, zabójca Dziesięciogłowego, usuwający lęk bhaktów, poruszający się między bogami, ludźmi i światami podziemnymi. Ten Wisznu, Pan wszystkiego, którego oczyszczeni osiągają tu jako łaskę Jego lila, niech Pan będzie potężny przeciwko grzechowi dla tych, którzy porzucili egoizm; niech ucieszy władców ziemi, łagodząc wrogość i godząc wrogie strony.
Narrator (stuti voice; not explicitly attributed)
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It combines cosmological imagery (Earth-lifting, cosmic ocean) with later mythic epithet (daśāsya), illustrating how Purāṇic layers interweave devotional praise, cosmography, and ethical-kingship ideals.
No single historical location is specified; the imagery is cosmological (milk ocean, mountains, rivers) rather than a named pilgrimage site.
Purification and renunciation of ego are linked with freedom from moral fault; leadership is ideally oriented toward pacification of hostility and protection of the world.
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