Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
परं न जानन्ति यतो वपुस्ते देवादयोऽप्यद्भुतकारणं तत् । अतोऽवतारोक्ततनुं पुराणमाराधयेयुः कमलासनाद्याः ॥ ७३.२७ ॥
paraṁ na jānanti yato vapus te devādayo 'py adbhuta-kāraṇaṁ tat | ato 'vatāroktatanuṁ purāṇaṁ ārādhayeyuḥ kamalāsanādyāḥ || 73.27 ||
దేవాదులు కూడా నీ పరమ స్వరూపాన్ని పూర్తిగా తెలియకపోవడం వల్ల—దాని కారణం అద్భుతమైనది—కాబట్టి కమలాసనుడు (బ్రహ్మ) మొదలైనవారు అవతారకథ ద్వారా వ్యక్తమైన దేహముగల ఈ పురాణాన్ని ఆరాధించవలెను.
Varāha (default dialogue attribution)
It reflects a Purāṇic strategy of legitimizing the Purāṇa as an authoritative medium for conveying otherwise inaccessible knowledge about the supreme form, positioning the text itself as a venerable vehicle of transmission.
No geographic location is named in this verse; its focus is theological and textual (the status of the Purāṇa and avatāra narrative).
A philosophical instruction to approach ultimate reality with epistemic humility and to engage in disciplined study/veneration of the Purāṇic tradition as a means of understanding the avatāra narrative.
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