Varaha Purana 35.11: Adhyaya 35, Shloka 11
The Account of Soma’s Decline and Restoration, and the Paurṇamāsī Observance
एवमुक्त्वा ततो देवान् दध्यौ रुद्रं हरिः स्वयम् । ब्रह्माणं च तथा दध्यौ वासुकिं नेत्रकारणात् ॥ ३५.११ ॥
evam uktvā tato devān dadhyau rudraṁ hariḥ svayam | brahmāṇaṁ ca tathā dadhyau vāsukiṁ netra-kāraṇāt || 35.11 ||
ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระหริทรงเพ่งฌานด้วยพระองค์เองต่อเหล่าเทพ—ทรงเพ่งฌานต่อรุทระ และต่อพรหมา; และด้วยเหตุเกี่ยวกับดวงตา จึงทรงเพ่งฌานต่อวาสุกิด้วย
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in the fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic literary pattern in which major deities are presented in a shared cosmological framework, using meditation (dhyāna/smaraṇa) as a narrative device to connect divine agencies and ritual-mental practice.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is focused on divine recollection/meditation rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds disciplined recollection/meditative attention as a philosophical practice—emphasizing mental focus and intentional contemplation as part of religious-literary conduct rather than a prescriptive social ethic.
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