Varaha Purana 3.12: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 12
Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa
पुरातनं त्वप्रतिमं पुराणं परापरं पारगमुग्रतेजसम् । गम्भीरगम्भीरधियां प्रधानं नतोऽस्मि देवं हरिमीशितारम् ॥ ३.१२ ॥
purātanaṃ tv apratimaṃ purāṇaṃ parāparaṃ pāragam ugratejasam | gambhīra-gambhīra-dhiyāṃ pradhānaṃ nato ’smi devaṃ harim īśitāram || 3.12 ||
Kłaniam się Harimu, Panu, pradawnemu, nieporównywalnemu, samemu Purāṇa; przekraczającemu zarówno wyższe, jak i niższe stany, temu, który prowadzi poza, o potężnej jasności; najważniejszemu wśród tych o głębokiej mądrości.
Pṛthivī (default, speaker not explicitly stated in excerpt)
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It functions as a stuti-style invocation typical of Purāṇic chapters, establishing textual authority through praise of the presiding deity (here, Hari/Viṣṇu) and framing the discourse in a classical Sanskrit literary register.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily an invocation and philosophical praise rather than a passage of sacred geography.
The verse models humility and intellectual reverence: the speaker adopts a posture of respectful inquiry and acknowledgement of sovereignty (īśitāra), a common preparatory ethic before receiving instruction.
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