Varaha Purana 70.41: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 41
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
मां विष्णोर्व्यतिरिक्तं ये ब्रह्माणं च द्विजोत्तम । भजन्ते पापकर्माणस्ते यान्ति नरकं नराः ॥ ७०.४१ ॥
māṃ viṣṇor vyatiriktaṃ ye brahmāṇaṃ ca dvijottama | bhajante pāpakarmāṇas te yānti narakaṃ narāḥ || 70.41 ||
يا أفضلَ ذوي الولادتين، إنّ الناسَ ذوي الأعمالِ الآثمة الذين يعبدونني منفصلاً عن فيشنو ويعبدون أيضاً براهما، يذهبون إلى الجحيم.
Varāha (default speaker within the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It reflects a Purāṇic-era doctrinal concern with defining the identity of the supreme deity and critiquing forms of worship considered theologically inconsistent within a Vaiṣṇava framing, illustrating how sectarian theologies were articulated in classical Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse; the content is primarily theological and ethical rather than topographical or pilgrimage-oriented.
The verse presents a moral warning: worship framed as separating the speaker’s identity from Viṣṇu is characterized as a mistaken and ethically negative practice, with adverse post-mortem consequences described in the Purāṇic idiom (naraka).
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