Varaha Purana 4.33: Adhyaya 4, Shloka 33
On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
द्विजावूचतुः । आवां पृष्टौ त्वया राजन् कथं विष्णुरिहेज्यते । प्राप्यते वा महाराज तेनिदं दर्शितं तव ॥ ४.३३ ॥
dvijā ūcatuḥ | āvām pṛṣṭau tvayā rājan kathaṁ viṣṇur ihejyate | prāpyate vā mahārāja tenedaṁ darśitaṁ tava || 4.33 ||
Die beiden Brahmanen sprachen: „O König, da du uns gefragt hast, wie Viṣṇu hier zu verehren ist, oder, o großer König, wie Er erlangt wird, darum ist dir dies gezeigt worden.“
Dvijau (two Brahmins)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative device: learned intermediaries (here, two dvijas) respond to royal inquiry by framing a forthcoming instruction on worship and attainment, reflecting the didactic and advisory role of Brahmin interlocutors in Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific site-name is stated in this verse; the adverb iha (“here”) implies a location established in the surrounding verses of Adhyāya 4, likely within a sacred-geography or pilgrimage setting.
The verse models an epistemic ethic of inquiry and guidance: the king asks, and qualified speakers respond with a structured explanation of practice (worship) and goal (attainment), emphasizing counsel grounded in textual and ritual knowledge rather than coercive assertion.
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