Varaha Purana 33.18 — Adhyaya 33, Shloka 18
The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati
पूष्णो दन्तविनाशाय भगनेत्रहने नमः । भविष्यवृषचिह्नाय महाभूतपते नमः ॥ ३३.१८ ॥
pūṣṇo dantavināśāya bhaganetrahane namaḥ | bhaviṣyavṛṣacihnāya mahābhūtapate namaḥ || 33.18 ||
पूष्णो दन्तविनाशकर्त्रे नमः, भगनेत्रहन्त्रे नमः। वृषचिह्नाय, महाभूतपते नमः॥
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not present in excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
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Subject Matter: ["Mythic Allusion","Theology (Descriptive Epithets)","Cosmology (Elements)"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: mythic ritual arena (implied)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 33.33 (continuation of Śiva-stuti)
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FAQs
It preserves a compact set of mythic epithets associated with pan-Indic narrative memory (e.g., Pūṣan and Bhaga), illustrating how Purāṇic verses encode older Vedic and epic motifs through devotional-style salutations.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a sequence of honorific epithets and mythic references.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse models a philosophical posture of reverential acknowledgment—using concise epithets to recall actions, symbols, and cosmic functions (such as lordship over the elements).
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