Varaha Purana 4.34: Adhyaya 4, Shloka 34
On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
सर्वज्ञस्य गुणा ह्येते ये राजंस्तव दर्शिताः । स च नारायणो देवः सर्वज्ञः कामरूपवान् ॥ ४.३४ ॥
sarvajñasya guṇā hy ete ye rājan tava darśitāḥ | sa ca nārāyaṇo devaḥ sarvajñaḥ kāmarūpavān || 4.34 ||
राजन्, सर्वज्ञस्यैते गुणाः खलु त्वया दर्शिताः। स च देवो नारायणः सर्वज्ञः कामरूपवान्।
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic mode of theological characterization, presenting Nārāyaṇa through a concise list of defining attributes (omniscience and voluntary embodiment), framed within a courtly address (“O king”), reflecting the text’s integration of didactic discourse with royal/ethical listening contexts.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; the focus is doctrinal (attributes of Nārāyaṇa) rather than sacred geography.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction: to recognize and correctly attribute qualities such as omniscience and self-determined manifestation to the central deity (Nārāyaṇa), reinforcing careful discernment in doctrinal description rather than prescribing a direct moral rule.
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