Varaha Purana 3.11: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 11
Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa
नारद उवाच । परं पराणाममृतं पुराणं पारं परं विष्णुमनन्तवीर्यम् । नमामि नित्यं पुरुषं पुराणं परायणं पारगतं पराणाम् ॥ ३.११ ॥
nārada uvāca | paraṁ parāṇām amṛtaṁ purāṇaṁ pāraṁ paraṁ viṣṇum anantavīryam | namāmi nityaṁ puruṣaṁ purāṇaṁ parāyaṇaṁ pāragataṁ parāṇām || 3.11 ||
นารทกล่าวว่า “ข้าพเจ้าขอนอบน้อมพระวิษณุเป็นนิตย์ ผู้สูงสุดยิ่งกว่าสูงสุด ผู้เป็นอมฤต ผู้โบราณ ผู้ทรงเดชานุภาพอนันต์ พระองค์คือฝั่งโน้นอันยิ่งยวด เป็นปุรุษดั้งเดิม เป็นที่พึ่งสูงสุด และทรงข้ามพ้นความสูงส่งทั้งปวง”
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic framing device: an authoritative sage (Nārada) opens or punctuates narration with a formal praise (stuti), anchoring the text within the wider Sanskrit hymn tradition and signaling Vaiṣṇava theological orientation.
No geographic site is named in this verse; it functions as a theological invocation rather than a tīrtha (sacred geography) reference.
The verse models disciplined remembrance and humility—continuous salutation to the ‘ultimate refuge’—as a philosophical posture rather than a prescriptive command.
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