Varaha Purana 67.8: Adhyaya 67, Shloka 8
On the Two ‘Sita-Kṛṣṇā’ Figures, the Sevenfold Ocean, and the Twelvefold Year
स विष्णुः परमो देवो विज्ञेयो नृपसत्तम । न च वेदक्रियाहीनः पश्यते परमेश्वरम् ॥ ६७.८ ॥
sa viṣṇuḥ paramo devo vijñeyo nṛpasattama | na ca vedakriyāhīnaḥ paśyate parameśvaram || 67.8 ||
Jener Viṣṇu ist als die höchste göttliche Wirklichkeit zu erkennen, o bester der Könige; und wer der vedischen Riten entbehrt, erblickt den höchsten Herrn nicht.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic synthesis in which devotion to a supreme deity is paired with the authority of Vedic practice, illustrating how later Sanskrit religious literature positioned itself in continuity with Vedic ritual culture.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is a doctrinal statement about recognizing the supreme divine principle and the role of Vedic rites.
The verse emphasizes disciplined engagement with Vedic practices as a prerequisite for attaining insight (or ‘perception’) of the Supreme, presenting ritual discipline as an ethical-philosophical pathway to knowledge.
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