Varaha Purana 3.21: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 21
Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa
इति स्तुतो देववरः प्रसन्नो जगाद मां नीरदतुल्यघोषः । वरं वृणीष्वेत्यसकृत् ततोऽहं तस्यैव देहे लयमिष्टवान्श्च ॥ ३.२१ ॥
iti stuto devavaraḥ prasanno jagāda māṁ nīradatulyaghoṣaḥ | varaṁ vṛṇīṣvety asakṛt tato 'haṁ tasyaiva dehe layam iṣṭavāṁś ca || 3.21 ||
So gepriesen, sprach der erhabene Gott, erfreut und mit einer Stimme wie eine donnernde Wolke, wieder und wieder zu mir: „Wähle eine Gabe.“ Da begehrte auch ich die Auflösung, das Aufgehen in eben diesem Seinem Leib.
Unspecified (defaulting to the primary dialogue framework: Pṛthivī as narrator responding to Varāha)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative pattern: praise (stuti) leading to divine favor and the offering of a boon, reflecting the didactic-dialogic style used to transmit cosmological and philosophical themes.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is focused on dialogue and the boon motif rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds reciprocity and restraint in discourse: praise leads to gracious response, while the request for “laya” highlights a philosophical aspiration toward union/absorption rather than material gain.
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