Varaha Purana 49.38: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 38
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
कथयित्वा पुनर्वाक्यमगस्त्यो नृपसत्तमम् । उवाच पुष्करं यामि पुनरेष्यामि ते गृहम् । एवमुक्त्वा जगामाशु सद्योऽदर्शनतां मुनिः ॥ ४९.३८ ॥
kathayitvā punarvākyam agastyo nṛpasattamam | uvāca puṣkaraṃ yāmi punareṣyāmi te gṛham | evam uktvā jagāmāśu sadyo 'darśanatāṃ muniḥ || 49.38 ||
وبعد أن قال كلامًا آخر، خاطب أغاستيا خيرَ الملوك: «إني ذاهبٌ إلى بوشكَرَ، وسأعود ثانيةً إلى دارك». ثم قال ذلك ومضى الحكيم مسرعًا، فغاب عن الأنظار في الحال.
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative device: a sage’s departure to a tīrtha (pilgrimage site) to pivot the storyline, reflecting how sacred-geography traditions were embedded in courtly and didactic dialogues.
Puṣkara—traditionally identified with the Puṣkara region near Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan, widely attested in Sanskrit tīrtha literature as a major pilgrimage landscape.
The verse primarily conveys etiquette and reliability in social relations—clear communication of intent (departing and returning) and respectful address—rather than a direct moral injunction.
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