Varaha Purana 113.1: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 1
Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
अथ भगवत्स्तुतिः ॥ ॐ नमो वराहाय नमो ब्रह्मपुत्राय सनत्कुमाराय नमः ॥
atha bhagavat-stutiḥ || oṃ namo varāhāya namo brahma-putrāya sanatkumārāya namaḥ ||
今起宣说对世尊之赞颂：唵——礼敬婆罗诃；礼敬梵天之子圣童圣者萨那特库玛罗。
Narrator (invocatory formula)
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No geographic location is named here; the verse functions as an invocation.
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