Varaha Purana 211.67 — Adhyaya 211, Shloka 67
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
जगदादिर्जगद्रूपो जगदादिरनादिमान् ॥ जगदादिर्जगद्योनिः प्रीयतां मे जनार्दनः ॥
jagadādir jagadrūpo jagadādir anādimān || jagadādir jagadyoniḥ prīyatāṃ me janārdanaḥ ||
พระองค์ผู้เป็นปฐมเหตุแห่งโลก เป็นรูปแห่งโลกเอง; ผู้เป็นปฐมเหตุแห่งโลก ผู้ไร้จุดเริ่มต้น; ผู้เป็นปฐมเหตุและครรภ์/บ่อเกิดแห่งโลก—ขอพระชนารทนะทรงพอพระทัยในข้าพเจ้าเถิด
Varāha (liturgical formula within instruction)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Varāha provides/utters a liturgical stotra-mantra for Bhūdevī (and practitioners) to recite to please Janārdana; no boar-form action described."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"devotional, seeking divine favor","key_question":"What praise-formula should be recited to please Janārdana, the cosmic source and form of the world?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"Strong theological overlap: Janārdana/Keśava are Kṛṣṇa-Viṣṇu epithets later central in Mathurā-Vraja devotion, but no geographic foreshadowing is explicit."}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Ekādaśī-vrata (mantra/stotra limb)","tithi_month":"Within the vrata’s worship sequence (timing not specified here)","promised_fruit":"Pleasing Janārdana (prīti) and thereby securing the rite’s auspicious completion; explicit phala not enumerated in this verse."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The deity is proclaimed as jagad-ādi (origin), jagad-rūpa (immanent form), anādi (beginningless), and jagad-yoni (source/womb): a Vedāntic immanence–transcendence synthesis supporting Viṣṇu as both material and efficient cause in Purāṇic theism.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Not explicit to Varāha’s body; instead a cosmic-totality mapping: world as the deity’s ‘rūpa’ and ‘yoni’, aligning worship with seeing the cosmos as sacrificial manifestation.","vedantic_connection":"Echoes Viśiṣṭādvaita-style sarīra–sarīrī (world as God’s body) and Purāṇic satkārya-like causality: the world arises from and abides in the Lord while He remains anādi."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"theology/metaphysics","core_concept":"Janārdana is both transcendent (anādi) and immanent (jagad-rūpa), the ultimate source (jagad-yoni) of all beings.","practical_application":"Use this stotra as a concluding or central praise in worship to align the mind with the Lord’s all-pervasive sovereignty and cultivate surrender."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Ritual Practice","Philosophical Theology"]
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: mantra/stotra embedded within Ekādaśī-vidhi sequence (211.71–74)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A devotee (or Bhūdevī) recites a stotra before Viṣṇu/Janārdana envisioned as the universe itself—cosmic form behind the icon, suggesting origin, immanence, and beginninglessness.","item_prompts":["Janārdana/Viṣṇu icon with cosmic backdrop","galaxies/lotus-world motif behind deity","hands in añjali","scripture/mantra banner with ‘jagadādi…’","radiant halo signifying anādi"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Viṣṇu with expansive viśvarūpa backdrop; layered cosmic motifs behind the central figure; restrained yet luminous palette.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: Janārdana in the center with heavy gold-leaf prabhāmaṇḍala; embossed cosmic patterns; stotra text panel at base.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: classical Viṣṇu with subtle cosmic aura; fine detailing of crown and ornaments; background suggesting the world as his form.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: poetic viśvarūpa landscape—mountains, rivers, stars integrated into the deity’s silhouette; intimate devotee in foreground reciting."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"hymnic, expansive, reverential","suggested_raga":"Hamsadhwani","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"sonorous, uplifted, prayerful"}
FAQs
It exemplifies Purāṇic doxology that compresses cosmological ideas into epithets, useful for tracing the development of devotional-philosophical vocabulary.
No geographic reference occurs here; the verse is cosmological and devotional.
Cultivating humility and reverence—seeking the deity’s “pleasure” as a ritual-ethical orientation rather than coercive demand.
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