Varaha Purana 145.97: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 97
The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region
तं ये विन्दन्ति ते देवि नूनं मामेव विन्दति ॥ ये मां विदन्ति देवेशि ते विदन्ति शिवं परम् ॥
taṃ ye vindanti te devi nūnaṃ mām eva vindati | ye māṃ vidanti deveśi te vidanti śivaṃ param ||
Ci, którzy go odnajdują, o Bogini, z pewnością odnajdują również mnie. Ci, którzy mnie znają, o Pani bogów, znają Siwę, Najwyższego.
Varāha
Instruction to Bhū-devī on theological identity and salvific knowledge.
What is the true relation between Varāha (Viṣṇu) and Śiva, and what does knowing one imply?
curious, receptive
Non-dual theism: realization of the one Supreme through either Vaiṣṇava or Śaiva upāsanā; the avatāra’s speech functions as a bridge dissolving sectarian difference.
Bhedābheda/advaya-bhakti motif: knowledge (vidyā) of the Lord culminates in knowledge of the supreme auspicious principle (Śiva as ‘parama-śiva’/supreme good), implying one tattva behind names.
Knowing/realizing the Lord (Varāha/Viṣṇu) is inseparable from knowing Śiva as the supreme auspicious reality.
Practice devotion without hostility to other forms; cultivate tattva-jñāna that sees one Supreme through multiple divine names.
Varāha Purāṇa 145.109.0 (explicit mutual indwelling and non-separation)
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It is a textual witness to harmonizing strategies in medieval Sanskrit religious literature, presenting devotional paths as mutually intelligible rather than mutually exclusive.
No explicit location appears in this verse; it functions as doctrinal framing within the kṣetra narrative.
It conveys a principle of inclusivity in recognition and understanding, discouraging rigid boundary-making between traditions.
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