Varahapurana 74.74.1

74.74.1

śrīvarāha uvāca .
punaste ṛṣayaḥ sarve taṃ papracchuḥ sanātanam .
rudraṃ purāṇapuruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvamavyayam .
viśvarūpamajaṃ śaṃbhuṃ trinetraṃ śūlapāṇinam .. 74.1 ..
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .
tvaṃ paraḥ sarvadevānāmasmākaṃ ca sureśvara .
pṛcchāma tena tvāṃ praśnamekaṃ tad vaktumarhasi .. 74.2 ..
bhūmipramāṇasaṃsthānaṃ parvatānāṃ ca vistaram .
samudrāṇāṃ nadīnāṃ ca brahmāṇḍasya ca vistaram .
asmākaṃ brūhi kṛpayā devadeva umāpate .. 74.3 ..
rudra uvāca .
sarveṣveva purāṇeṣu bhūrlokaḥ parikīrtyate .
brahmaviṣṇubhavādīnāṃ vāyavye ca savistaram .. 74.4 ..
idānīṃ ca pravakṣyāmi samāsād vaḥ kṣamāntaram .
tannibodhata dharmajñā gadato mama sattamāḥ .. 74.5 ..
yo'sau sakalavidyāvabodhitaparamātmarūpī vigatakalmaṣaḥ
paramāṇuracinttyātmā nārāyaṇaḥ sakalalokālokavyāpī
pītāmbaroruvakṣaḥ kṣitidharo guṇatomukhyatastu -
aṇumahaddīrghahrasvamakṛśamalohitamityevamādyopalakṣita -
vijñānamātrarūpam . sa bhagavāṃstriprakāraḥ sattva -
rajastamodriktaḥ salilaṃ sasarja . tacca sṛṣṭvā -
nādipuruṣaḥ parameśvaro nārāyaṇaḥ sakalajaganmayaḥ
sarvamayo devamayo yajñamaya āpomaya āpomūrttiryoganidrayā
suptasya tasya nābhau sadabjaṃ niḥsasāra . tasminsakala -
vedanidhiracintyātmā parameśvaro brahmā prajāpatira -
bhavat sa ca sanakasanandanasanatkumārādīn jñānadharmiṇaḥ
pūrvamutpādya paścānmanuṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ marīcyādīn
dakṣāntān sasarja . yaḥ svayaṃbhuvo manurbhagavatā
sṛṣṭastasmādārabhya bhuvanasyātivistaro varṇyate .
tasya ca manordvau putrau babhūvatuḥ priyavratottānapādau .