Varaha Purana 69.36: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 36
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
तापस उवाच । अहं नारायणो देवो जलरूपी सनातनः । येन व्याप्तमिदं विश्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ॥ ६९.३६ ॥
tāpasa uvāca | ahaṃ nārāyaṇo devo jalarūpī sanātanaḥ | yena vyāptam idaṃ viśvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram || 69.36 ||
తాపసుడు అన్నాడు—“నేను నారాయణ దేవుడను, జలరూపుడైన సనాతనుడను; నా చేత ఈ సమస్త విశ్వం, చరాచరాలతో కూడిన త్రిలోకమంతా వ్యాపించబడింది.”
Tāpasa (Ascetic)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic literary device in which a speaker self-identifies with an all-pervading cosmic principle, integrating cosmology (trailokya) with metaphysical language (vyāpti, pervasion) characteristic of early medieval Sanskrit religious literature.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the reference is cosmographic (“the three worlds”), a standard Purāṇic model rather than a local toponym.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction: the cosmos—including living and non-living entities—is presented as pervaded by a single enduring principle, a framing often used to support ideals of restraint, reverence toward life, and responsible conduct toward the natural world.
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