Varaha Purana 6.12: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 12
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
आदिदेवं महादेवं वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम् । गम्भीरं सर्वदेवानां नमामि मधुसूदनम् ॥ ६.१२ ॥
ādidevaṃ mahādevaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragam | gambhīraṃ sarvadevānāṃ namāmi madhusūdanam || 6.12 ||
ข้าพเจ้าขอนอบน้อมแด่พระมธุสูทนะ ผู้เป็นเทพดั้งเดิม มหาเทพ ผู้หยั่งรู้เวทและเวทางคะอย่างถึงแก่น ผู้มีภาวะลึกซึ้ง และเป็นประมุขเหนือเทพทั้งปวง।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in fragment)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic convention of beginning sections with stuti (praise/invocation), framing the ensuing discourse within a learned Sanskrit register that references Vedic authority and its interpretive disciplines (Vedāṅgas).
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as an invocation rather than a sacred-geography notice.
The verse primarily conveys an intellectual-ethical orientation: reverence for profound wisdom and mastery of sacred learning, expressed through a formal act of salutation (namāmi).
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