Varaha Purana 1.22: Adhyaya 1, Shloka 22
Praise of Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Foundational Questions
नमो विद्रुमरक्तास्यपाणिपल्लवशोभिने । शरणं त्वां प्रसन्नास्मि त्राहि नारीमनागसम् ॥ १.२३ ॥
namo vidrumaraktāsyapāṇipallavaśobhine | śaraṇaṁ tvāṁ prasannā ’smi trāhi nārīm anāgasam || 1.23 ||
Homenagem a Ti, cujo rosto é vermelho como o coral e cujas mãos são belas como brotos tenros. A Ti recorro como refúgio, com a mente serena; protege esta mulher, que é sem culpa.
Pṛthivī (default dialogic framework; supplicatory voice not explicitly identified in the fragment)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary feature: a formal salutation followed by a plea for protection, using classical poetic imagery to characterize the addressed figure and establish the emotional register of the dialogue.
No geographic toponym is explicitly named in this verse; it functions primarily as a supplicatory address rather than a sacred-geography marker.
The verse foregrounds the ethical theme of protecting the blameless (anāgasa), framing safeguarding the innocent as a valued moral action within the narrative voice.
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