Varaha Purana 10.7: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 7
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या विश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च । सर्वे भवन्तं शरणं गताः स्म कुरुष्व पूज्यानिह विश्वमूर्ते ॥ १०.७ ॥
rudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyā viśve ’śvinau marutaś coṣmapāś ca | sarve bhavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ sma kuruṣva pūjyāniha viśvamūrte || 10.7 ||
เหล่ารุทรา อาทิตยะ วสุ และสาธยะ; วิศวเทวะ อัศวิน มรุต และอุษมปะ—พวกเราทั้งปวงได้ถึงที่พึ่งในพระองค์แล้ว ข้าแต่ผู้มีรูปเป็นสากลจักรวาล โปรดทรงทำให้พวกเราควรแก่การบูชา ณ ที่นี้เถิด
Unspecified (default: collective voice addressing Varāha as the cosmic protector within the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
How may all the divine classes become established as pūjya (worthy of worship) here, under your universal form, through refuge in you?
The stuti frames Varāha/Hari as Viśvamūrti (cosmic body) and the sole śaraṇa; the many deva-gaṇas are functionally absorbed as limbs/powers within the One, implying non-dual dependence of cosmic administration on the Supreme.
Implicit yajña-body idea: deva-gaṇas as officiants/powers within the Lord’s cosmic form; refuge (śaraṇāgati) replaces separate propitiation as the integrating principle.
Viśvarūpa/antaryāmin theology: the many are upheld in the One; śaraṇāgati to Brahman/Īśvara as the ground of all devatās (a Purāṇic expression compatible with Viśiṣṭādvaita-style dependence).
All devatās and cosmic functions culminate in the One Viśvamūrti; taking refuge in him is the highest harmonizing act.
Prioritize īśvara-śaraṇāgati and see subsidiary powers as dependent limbs of the Supreme, preventing fragmented worship and egoic religiosity.
Varāha Purāṇa: recurring Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue stuti passages where Varāha is addressed as Viśvarūpa/Viśvamūrti
FAQs
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary feature: enumerating classes of deities to portray a pan-cosmic consensus that a single cosmic figure functions as refuge and stabilizing authority, reflecting the integrative theological style of early medieval Sanskrit Purāṇa composition.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological and liturgical, focusing on divine collectives rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds the philosophical theme of seeking refuge (śaraṇa) in a universal principle/agent and recognizing what is worthy of honor (pūjya), presented as a cultural-ethical orientation rather than a prescriptive mandate.
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