Varaha Purana 74.1: Adhyaya 74, Shloka 1
Measures of the Earth and the Cosmos: The Expansion of the Universe and the Division of Continents and Regions
श्रीवराह उवाच । पुनस्ते ऋषयः सर्वे तं पप्रच्छुः सनातनम् । रुद्रं पुराणपुरुषं शाश्वतं ध्रुवमव्ययम् । विश्वरूपमजं शम्भुं त्रिनेत्रं शूलपाणिनम् ॥ ७४.१ ॥
śrīvarāha uvāca | punas te ṛṣayaḥ sarve taṃ papracchuḥ sanātanam | rudraṃ purāṇapuruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvam avyayam | viśvarūpam ajaṃ śambhuṃ trinetraṃ śūlapāṇinam || 74.1 ||
శ్రీ వరాహుడు పలికెను—మళ్లీ ఆ సమస్త ఋషులు ఆ సనాతనుని ప్రశ్నించిరి—రుద్రుని, పురాణపురుషుని, శాశ్వతుడిని, ధ్రువుడిని, అవ్యయుడిని; విశ్వరూపుడిని, అజుడిని, శంభువును, త్రినేత్రుడిని, శూలపాణిని.
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: sages pose successive questions to a revered figure, while the text catalogs classical epithets (e.g., sanātana, avyaya) that reflect shared Sanskrit philosophical vocabulary across Purāṇic corpora.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it functions as a dialogic transition introducing a theological inquiry.
Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse foregrounds a philosophical orientation toward inquiry (praśna) and contemplation of imperishability and constancy (avyaya, dhruva) as valued conceptual ideals in Purāṇic discourse.
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