Varaha Purana 31.19: Adhyaya 31, Shloka 19
The Manifestation of Viṣṇu’s Form for Cosmic Governance
the Vaiṣṇava Creation Narrative
एष विष्णुस्तवाख्यातो मूर्तयो देवदानवान् । हन्ति पाति शरीराणि सृजत्यन्यानि चात्मनः ॥ ३१.१९ ॥
eṣa viṣṇus tavākhyāto mūrtayo devadānavān | hanti pāti śarīrāṇi sṛjaty anyāni cātmanaḥ || 31.19 ||
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic doctrinal style that summarizes cosmic functions (creation and maintenance, alongside destruction) through a single divine principle, reflecting a common late-classical Sanskrit synthesis of cosmology and theology.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily ontological/cosmological rather than topographical.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction: embodied existence is subject to cycles of protection, destruction, and re-creation under a governing cosmic agency, encouraging reflection on impermanence and order rather than prescribing a direct social ethic.
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