[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Varahapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha) › 74.74.1 # Varahapurana 74.74.1 Varāhapurāṇa 74.74.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [74.74.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.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 . - [Previous: 73.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.73.52) - [Next: 74.74.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74.2) - [Up: 74.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.74.74.1) · Pramāṇa