Varaha Purana 73.17: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 17
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
रुद्र उवाच । नमोऽस्त्वनन्ताय विशुद्धचेतसे सरूपरूपाय सहस्रबाहवे । सहस्ररश्मिप्रवराय वेधसे विशालदेहाय विशुद्धकर्मिणे ॥ ७३.१७ ॥
rudra uvāca | namo 'stv anantāya viśuddha-cetase sarūpa-rūpāya sahasra-bāhave | sahasra-raśmi-pravarāya vedhase viśāla-dehāya viśuddha-karmiṇe || 73.17 ||
రుద్రుడు పలికెను—అనంతుడైన, విశుద్ధ చైతన్యముగలవానికి నమస్కారం; రూపముతో కూడినవాడికీ రూపాతీతుడికీ, సహస్రబాహువుకీ నమస్కారం. సహస్ర కిరణములలో శ్రేష్ఠుడైన సృష్టికర్తకు, విశాల దేహుడై విశుద్ధ కర్మలుగలవానికి నమస్కారం.
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic stotra-style passage where a major Vedic-Purāṇic figure (Rudra) praises the supreme principle using layered epithets, reflecting the period’s synthesis of devotional hymnody with philosophical vocabulary.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is on divine attributes rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds the ideal of viśuddhi (purity)—purified consciousness and stainless action—as exemplary qualities attributed to the praised principle, implicitly valuing ethical integrity and mental clarity.
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