Varaha Purana 6.13: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 13
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
विश्वमूर्तिं महामूर्तिं विद्यांमूर्तिं त्रिमूर्तिकम् । कवचं सर्वदेवानां नमस्ये वारिजेक्षणम् ॥ ६.१३ ॥
viśvamūrtiṃ mahāmūrtiṃ vidyāmūrtiṃ trimūrtikam | kavacaṃ sarvadevānāṃ namasye vārijekṣaṇam || 6.13 ||
ข้าพเจ้าขอนอบน้อมแด่พระผู้มีเนตรดุจดอกบัว ผู้เป็นรูปแห่งจักรวาล รูปอันยิ่งใหญ่ เป็นรูปแห่งวิทยาศักดิ์สิทธิ์ เป็นผู้ปรากฏสามภาค และเป็นดุจเกราะคุ้มครองเทพทั้งปวง।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic literary practice: framing teachings with hymnic epithets that identify a deity with cosmic functions (universal form, knowledge, protection), supporting the text’s role as both narrative and liturgical material.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily an invocation using theological epithets.
The verse models a philosophical posture of humility and reverence toward a cosmic principle conceived as protective and knowledge-bearing, expressed through the act of salutation (namas).
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