Varaha Purana 12.2: Adhyaya 12, Shloka 2
Supratīka’s Hymn to Rāma and the Granting of a Boon through Divine Manifestation
चित्रकूटे गिरौ विष्णुः सदा रामेति कीर्त्यते । ततोऽहं रामसंज्ञेन नाम्ना स्तौमि जगत्पतिम् ॥ १२.२ ॥
citrakūṭe girau viṣṇuḥ sadā rāmeti kīrtyate | tato 'haṃ rāmasaṃjñena nāmnā staumi jagatpatim || 12.2 ||
చిత్రకూట పర్వతంపై విష్ణువు సదా ‘రామ’ అనే నామంతో కీర్తింపబడతాడు. అందువల్ల నేను ‘రామ’ సంజ్ఞతో జగత్పతిని స్తుతిస్తున్నాను.
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It reflects Purāṇic strategies of sacred geography, associating a specific landscape (Citrakūṭa) with enduring commemorative practice (kīrtana/celebration) and linking regional memory to pan-Indic Vaiṣṇava identity through the name “Rāma.”
Citrakūṭa (Citrakūṭa-giri), a well-attested North Indian pilgrimage landscape, commonly identified in modern scholarship with the Chitrakoot region spanning parts of present-day Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
The verse foregrounds disciplined remembrance and respectful speech—praising the ‘Lord of the world’ through a chosen name—functioning as a cultural-philosophical instruction on sustaining collective memory tied to a heritage site.
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