Varaha Purana 73.33: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 33
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
किमुच्यते वा भवति स्थितेऽस्मिन् खात्मीन्दुवह्न्यर्कमहीमरुद्भिः । तत्त्वैः सतोयैः समरूपधारि-ण्यात्मस्वरूपे विततस्वभावे ॥ ७३.३३ ॥
kim ucyate vā bhavati sthite 'smin khātmīndu-vahny-arka-mahī-marudbhiḥ | tattvaiḥ sa-toyaiḥ sama-rūpa-dhāriṇy ātma-svarūpe vitata-svabhāve || 73.33 ||
เมื่อหลักการนี้ดำรงอยู่—ทรงรับรูปอันเสมอกันผ่านธาตุทั้งหลายคือ อากาศ แก่นตน จันทร์ ไฟ อาทิตย์ แผ่นดิน ลม และหมวดตत्त्वที่รวมถึงน้ำ—ดำรงในสภาวะตนเอง อันแผ่กว้างตามธรรมชาติเดิม—แล้วจะกล่าวสิ่งใดได้เล่า?
Varāha (default, based on the standard Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of cosmological “elements/principles” (tattvas) with a metaphysical claim about an underlying, pervasive nature—typical of late-classical Sanskrit discourse that integrates cosmology and ontology.
No specific pilgrimage site or geographic toponym is named in this verse; the focus is elemental/cosmological rather than regional sacred geography.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: to understand reality as grounded in an underlying essential nature that manifests uniformly through multiple elements/principles.
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