Varaha Purana 6.30: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 30
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
सा कण्ठगेन प्राणेन व्याहृता तेन ते गतिः । कल्पमेकं महाराज जाता विष्णुपुरे तव ॥ ६.३० ॥
sā kaṇṭhagena prāṇena vyāhṛtā tena te gatiḥ | kalpam ekaṃ mahārāja jātā viṣṇupure tava || 6.30 ||
Von ihr mit dem im Hals stockenden Lebensatem ausgesprochen, wurde jene Äußerung zur Ursache deines Geschicks. O großer König, für eine ganze Kalpa ist dein Zustand in deiner Viṣṇu-Stadt, Viṣṇupura, begründet worden.
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: a decisive spoken utterance (often at a liminal moment such as near death) is presented as causally linked to a long-duration outcome measured in cosmic time (kalpa), reflecting classical South Asian ideas about speech, merit, and destiny within Purāṇic literature.
Viṣṇupura is named; in many Purāṇic contexts it functions less as a mappable terrestrial city and more as a sacral realm or idealized divine city associated with Viṣṇu. The excerpt does not provide enough localizing detail for a secure modern geographic identification.
The verse foregrounds the philosophical idea that intentional speech—especially at critical moments—can be treated as ethically and causally significant, shaping one’s gati (course/attainment) over vast spans of time.
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