Varaha Purana 73.39: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 39
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
Uttara Bhāga · Theological Dialogue (Deity-Identity and Non-difference)
विष्णुरुवाच । वरं वरय भद्रं ते देव देव उमापते । न भेदश्चावयोर् देव एकावावामुभावपि ॥ ७३.३९ ॥
viṣṇur uvāca | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te deva deva umāpate | na bhedaś cāvayor deva ekāvāvām ubhāv api || 73.39 ||
viShNuruvAcha | varaM varaya bhadraM te deva deva umApate | na bhedashchAvayordeva ekAvAvAmubhAvapi || 73.39 ||
विष्णुरुवाच—वरं वरय, भद्रं ते, देवदेव उमापते। देव, आवयोर्भेदो नास्ति; एकावावामुभावपि।
Sandhi Notes
- viṣṇur uvāca → viṣṇuḥ + uvāca
- bhedaś cāvayor → bhedaḥ + ca + āvayoḥ
- ekāvāvāmubhāvapi → ekau + āvām + ubhau + api
Viṣṇu
Viṣṇu declares no distinction between Himself and Rudra—both are one—while still engaging in boon-giving dialogue.
Reduce sectarian hostility; honor multiple forms of worship as directed to one reality; cultivate ekatva-buddhi alongside personal devotion.
Non-difference (abheda) between Viṣṇu and Rudra is asserted: sectarian forms are expressions of one divine reality; avatāra-form (Varāha/Vişṇu) can affirm unity without denying functional distinctions.
Implicit: the one deity receives many names/roles in ritual and praise; unity behind multiple devatā-invocations.
Abheda statement aligns with Purāṇic syncretism and a Vedāntic tendency to treat major deities as non-separate manifestations of the supreme (ekatva/advaya at the level of tattva).
73.73.38 (deity pleased and begins speaking)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic strategy of theological reconciliation, presenting major deities as non-different to reduce sectarian boundaries within the broader Sanskrit literary tradition.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily theological and dialogical rather than topographical.
The verse promotes a philosophical principle of non-separation and unity, framing divine authority as shared rather than competitively divided.
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