Varaha Purana 12.5 — Adhyaya 12, Shloka 5
Supratīka’s Hymn to Rāma and the Granting of a Boon through Divine Manifestation
भवान् शशी सूर्यहुताशनोऽसि त्वयि प्रलीनं जगदेतदुच्यते । भवत्प्रतिष्ठं रमते जगत् यतः स्तुतोऽसि रामेति जगत् प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १२.५ ॥
bhavān śaśī sūrya-hutāśano ’si tvayi pralīnaṁ jagad etad ucyate | bhavat-pratiṣṭhaṁ ramate jagad yataḥ stuto ’si rāmeti jagat pratiṣṭhitam || 12.5 ||
మీరు చంద్రుడు, సూర్యుడు, హుతాశనుడు (యజ్ఞాగ్ని) కూడా. ఈ సమస్త జగత్తు మీలోనే ప్రలీనమవుతుందని చెప్పబడుతుంది. జగత్తు మీ ఆధారంలో స్థిరమై ఆనందించుచున్నందున మీరు ‘రామ’ అని స్తుతింపబడుతారు; జగత్తు మీలోనే ప్రతిష్ఠితమై ఉంది.
Varāha (default, per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not given in excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"How does the Lord function as both the luminaries/fire and the ultimate ground into which the cosmos dissolves and by which it is sustained—hence the name ‘Rāma’?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Rāma as ‘that in which the world delights/abides’ (ramate/pratiṣṭhā): the Lord is both cosmic function (moon/sun/agni) and metaphysical substrate (laya and support).","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Agni explicitly evokes yajña: the Lord as the sacrificial fire and the receiver of offerings; cosmic cycles of dissolution mirror ritual return into the source.","vedantic_connection":"Īśvara as upādāna-nimitta (material and efficient cause) in Purāṇic idiom; pralaya as reabsorption into the divine ground."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"theology of support and dissolution","core_concept":"The world depends on the Lord for stability and returns to him at dissolution; divine naming (‘Rāma’) encodes this sustaining delight and foundation.","practical_application":"Use daily encounters with sun/moon/fire (lamp, agnihotra imagery) as prompts for smaraṇa; cultivate steadiness by contemplating the divine as one’s ‘pratiṣṭhā’."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Theology of dissolution and support (pralaya/pratiṣṭhā)","Philosophical praise (stuti)"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
Type: celestial/ritual cosmology
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 12.12 (Rāma-nāma as cosmic foundation)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A cosmic tableau: sun, moon, and sacrificial fire appear as manifestations of Hari; beneath them the world rests upon the divine, with a subtle motif of dissolution returning into him.","item_prompts":["sun disk and moon crescent","sacrificial fire altar (agni)","Hari as luminous ground/support","world-lotus or globe dissolving into light","inscription-like ‘Rāma’ as praise thread"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: layered cosmic bands—sun/moon above, agni in mid-band, Hari as sustaining presence; rhythmic patterns suggesting dissolution into the deity.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-leaf sun/moon medallions, bright agni with embossed flames, central Hari with heavy ornaments; the world shown as a small lotus-globe at his feet.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant celestial rendering with soft halos; refined agni-altar; subtle visual metaphor of reabsorption (fading contours into the deity’s aura).","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical night-day split sky with sun and moon; a small yajña fire in a hermitage foreground; Hari as an all-pervading presence in the landscape."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"solemn, stabilizing praise","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"deep, assured, expansive on ‘pralīnaṃ’ and ‘pratiṣṭhitam’"}
FAQs
It exemplifies a Purāṇic stuti style that synthesizes cosmology and theology by identifying a supreme principle as the basis of celestial bodies and sacrificial fire, reflecting the broader Purāṇic tendency to systematize metaphysical ideas through praise-poetry.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; its focus is cosmological (Moon, Sun, fire) rather than sacred geography.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical principle: the universe is portrayed as dependent on an underlying foundation (pratiṣṭhā), encouraging contemplation of cosmic order and the source of stability.
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