Varaha Purana 12.4: Adhyaya 12, Shloka 4
Supratīka’s Hymn to Rāma and the Granting of a Boon through Divine Manifestation
भवान् सदा देव समस्ततेजसां करोषि तेजांसि समस्तरूपधृक् । क्षितौ भवान् पञ्चगुणस्तथा जले चतुःप्रकारस्त्रिविधोऽथ तेजसि । द्विधाऽथ वायौ वियति प्रतिष्ठितो भवान् हरे शब्दवपुः पुमानसि ॥ १२.४ ॥
bhavān sadā deva samastatejasāṃ karoṣi tejāṃsi samastarūpadhṛk | kṣitau bhavān pañcaguṇas tathā jale catuḥprakāras trividho 'tha tejasi | dvidhā 'tha vāyau viyati pratiṣṭhito bhavān hare śabdavapuḥ pumān asi || 12.4 ||
హే దేవా! మీరు సదా సమస్త తేజస్వుల తేజస్సులను ఉద్భవింపజేస్తూ, సమస్త రూపాలను ధరించేవారు. భూమిలో పంచగుణముగా, జలంలో చతుర్గుణముగా, అగ్నిలో త్రిగుణముగా, వాయువులో ద్విగుణముగా; ఆకాశంలో ప్రతిష్ఠితుడై—హరి—శబ్దవపువైన పురుషుడవు.
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It reflects a widely attested Indic cosmological model in which the five elements are characterized by increasing/decreasing sensory qualities (guṇa), aligning Purāṇic discourse with older philosophical and scholastic traditions used for teaching cosmology and metaphysics.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is a cosmological classification of elements rather than a tīrtha or regional description.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction: the divine is presented as immanent within elemental reality and its qualities, encouraging a view of the world as structured, intelligible, and worthy of careful stewardship rather than exploitation.
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