Varaha Purana 73.1: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 1
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
रुद्र उवाच । शृणु चान्यद् द्विजश्रेष्ठ कौतूहलसमन्वितम् । अपूर्वभूतं सलिले मग्नेन मुनिपुङ्गव ॥ ७३.१ ॥
rudra uvāca | śṛṇu cānyad dvijaśreṣṭha kautūhalasamanvitam | apūrvabhūtaṃ salile magnena munipuṅgava || 73.1 ||
రుద్రుడు పలికెను—ఓ ద్విజశ్రేష్ఠా, ఆశ్చర్యభరితమైన మరొక వృత్తాంతాన్ని వినుము—జలంలో మునిగిన మునిపుంగవుడు చెప్పిన అపూర్వమైనది.
Rudra
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It functions as a framing device typical of Purāṇic composition, introducing a new episode through an authoritative speaker (Rudra) and emphasizing transmission through recognized sages.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it only references a setting involving “waters” (salila) without further identification.
The verse primarily signals attentive listening and the value of learned transmission; it does not present a direct ethical injunction beyond the pedagogical cue to “listen.”
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