Varaha Purana 9.31: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 31
The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तमूर्ते पृथग्गते किञ्चिदिहास्टि देव । भवान् न चास्य व्यतिरिक्तमूर्तिस्त्वत्तो वयं ते शरणं प्रपन्नाः ॥ ९.३१ ॥
tvayā tataṁ viśvam anantamūrte pṛthaggate kiñcid ihāsti deva | bhavān na cāsya vyatiriktamūrtis tvatto vayaṁ te śaraṇaṁ prapannāḥ || 9.31 ||
โอ้เทวะผู้มีรูปอันหาที่สุดมิได้ ด้วยพระองค์เองสรรพจักรวาลทั้งปวงถูกแผ่ซ่าน แม้จะปรากฏต่างกัน แต่ที่นี่ไม่มีสิ่งใดแยกจากพระองค์ และไม่มีรูปใดของโลกนี้ที่เป็นอื่นจากพระองค์ เพราะฉะนั้นเราจึงเข้าถึงพระองค์เป็นที่พึ่ง
Pṛthivī (defaulted per dialogue framework; verse is phrased as a devotional address to the instructor-deity)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic philosophical motif: the universe is described as pervaded by, and not ultimately separate from, the supreme principle addressed as Deva—useful for tracing how cosmological language and devotional address intersect in Purāṇic Sanskrit.
No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is framed as a universal (cosmological) statement rather than a tīrtha or regional description.
The central philosophical instruction is reliance/refuge (śaraṇa-prapatti) grounded in the claim of pervasive immanence: since nothing exists independently of the addressed principle, the appropriate stance is humility and seeking protection rather than asserting separateness.
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