Varaha Purana 129.32: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 32
Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel
चक्रेण वधमिच्छामि त्वया मुक्तेन केशव ॥
cakreṇa vadham icchāmi tvayā muktena keśava ||
O Keśava, ich wünsche den Tod durch die von dir geschleuderte Scheibe.
Guḍākeśa (devotee figure in the passage)
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It shows an extreme boon-request motif found in some Purāṇic narratives, where proximity to the divine is expressed through a request for a divinely mediated death.
None is specified in this line.
The verse foregrounds radical surrender; in archival terms it marks a narrative turn where devotion is expressed without worldly gain.
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