Varaha Purana 18.22: Adhyaya 18, Shloka 22
The Origin of Fire and the Liturgical Names of Agni
तनुं पास्यतनुं पासि येन त्वं सर्वदा विभो । ततस्तनूनपान्नाम तव वत्स भविष्यति ॥ १८.२२ ॥
tanuṃ pāsyatanuṃ pāsi yena tvaṃ sarvadā vibho | tatastanūnapānnāma tava vatsa bhaviṣyati || 18.22 ||
ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้าผู้แผ่ซ่านทั่วสรรพสิ่ง พระองค์ทรงคุ้มครองกายและความเป็นผู้มีกายอยู่เสมอ ดังนั้นบุตรของพระองค์จักมีนามว่า ‘ตนูนปาต’
Varāha (default dialogic framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a Purāṇic style of etymological naming (nāma-nirvacana), linking an epithet to a stated function—here, protection of embodied existence—illustrating how Purāṇas embed theological vocabulary within narrative dialogue.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the content focuses on a divine epithet and protective function rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds the principle of protection (pālana)—valuing the safeguarding of embodied life—presented as a defining attribute that also motivates an honorific name.
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