Varaha Purana 55.43: Adhyaya 55, Shloka 43
Observance of the Auspicious Dvādaśī Vow and the Sacred Account of the Kubjākāmra Tīrtha
कुब्जरूपी ततो भूत्वा आजगाम हरिः स्वयम् । तस्मिन्नागत मात्रे तु सीप्याम्रः कुब्जकोऽभवत् ॥ ५५.४३ ॥
kubjarūpī tato bhūtvā ājagāma hariḥ svayam | tasminn-āgatamātre tu sīpyāmraḥ kubjako 'bhavat || 55.43 ||
Dann kam Hari selbst, nachdem er die Gestalt eines Buckligen angenommen hatte. Und im selben Augenblick seiner Ankunft wurde der Bucklige zu einem sogenannten „sīpyāmra“.
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in the fragment)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative device—divine self-concealment and transformation—useful for studying how Purāṇas structure dramatic recognition, testing, or karmic reversal episodes within their broader mythic-historiographic style.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment; it focuses on an arrival event and an immediate transformation.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse primarily conveys a narrative transformation, often read in Purāṇic contexts as illustrating the limits of outward appearance and the sudden reversal of conditions.
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