Varaha Purana 12.5 — Adhyaya 12, Shloka 5
Supratīka’s Hymn to Rāma and the Granting of a Boon through Divine Manifestation
भवान् शशी सूर्यहुताशनोऽसि त्वयि प्रलीनं जगदेतदुच्यते । भवत्प्रतिष्ठं रमते जगत् यतः स्तुतोऽसि रामेति जगत् प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १२.५ ॥
bhavān śaśī sūrya-hutāśano ’si tvayi pralīnaṁ jagad etad ucyate | bhavat-pratiṣṭhaṁ ramate jagad yataḥ stuto ’si rāmeti jagat pratiṣṭhitam || 12.5 ||
آپ ہی چاند، سورج اور ہُتاشن (یَجْن کی آگ) ہیں۔ کہا جاتا ہے کہ یہ سارا جگت آپ ہی میں لَین ہو جاتا ہے۔ چونکہ جگت آپ کے سہارے قائم رہ کر شادمان ہوتا ہے، اس لیے آپ ‘رام’ کہہ کر ستوتی کیے جاتے ہیں؛ جگت آپ ہی میں قائم ہے۔
Varāha (default, per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not given in excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"How does the Lord function as both the luminaries/fire and the ultimate ground into which the cosmos dissolves and by which it is sustained—hence the name ‘Rāma’?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Rāma as ‘that in which the world delights/abides’ (ramate/pratiṣṭhā): the Lord is both cosmic function (moon/sun/agni) and metaphysical substrate (laya and support).","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Agni explicitly evokes yajña: the Lord as the sacrificial fire and the receiver of offerings; cosmic cycles of dissolution mirror ritual return into the source.","vedantic_connection":"Īśvara as upādāna-nimitta (material and efficient cause) in Purāṇic idiom; pralaya as reabsorption into the divine ground."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"theology of support and dissolution","core_concept":"The world depends on the Lord for stability and returns to him at dissolution; divine naming (‘Rāma’) encodes this sustaining delight and foundation.","practical_application":"Use daily encounters with sun/moon/fire (lamp, agnihotra imagery) as prompts for smaraṇa; cultivate steadiness by contemplating the divine as one’s ‘pratiṣṭhā’."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Theology of dissolution and support (pralaya/pratiṣṭhā)","Philosophical praise (stuti)"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
Type: celestial/ritual cosmology
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 12.12 (Rāma-nāma as cosmic foundation)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A cosmic tableau: sun, moon, and sacrificial fire appear as manifestations of Hari; beneath them the world rests upon the divine, with a subtle motif of dissolution returning into him.","item_prompts":["sun disk and moon crescent","sacrificial fire altar (agni)","Hari as luminous ground/support","world-lotus or globe dissolving into light","inscription-like ‘Rāma’ as praise thread"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: layered cosmic bands—sun/moon above, agni in mid-band, Hari as sustaining presence; rhythmic patterns suggesting dissolution into the deity.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-leaf sun/moon medallions, bright agni with embossed flames, central Hari with heavy ornaments; the world shown as a small lotus-globe at his feet.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant celestial rendering with soft halos; refined agni-altar; subtle visual metaphor of reabsorption (fading contours into the deity’s aura).","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical night-day split sky with sun and moon; a small yajña fire in a hermitage foreground; Hari as an all-pervading presence in the landscape."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"solemn, stabilizing praise","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"deep, assured, expansive on ‘pralīnaṃ’ and ‘pratiṣṭhitam’"}
FAQs
It exemplifies a Purāṇic stuti style that synthesizes cosmology and theology by identifying a supreme principle as the basis of celestial bodies and sacrificial fire, reflecting the broader Purāṇic tendency to systematize metaphysical ideas through praise-poetry.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; its focus is cosmological (Moon, Sun, fire) rather than sacred geography.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical principle: the universe is portrayed as dependent on an underlying foundation (pratiṣṭhā), encouraging contemplation of cosmic order and the source of stability.
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