Varaha Purana 39.60: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 60
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
यदि वक्त्रसहस्राणि भवन्ति मम सुव्रत । आयुश्च ब्रह्मणस्तुल्यं भवेद्यदि महाव्रत ॥ ३९.६० ॥
yadi vaktrasahasrāṇi bhavanti mama suvrata | āyuś ca brahmaṇas tulyaṃ bhaved yadi mahāvrata || 39.60 ||
O one of excellent observance, even if I were to have a thousand mouths, and even if my lifespan were to become equal to that of Brahmā, O great-vowed one—
Varāha (default, per dialogue framework; not explicit in fragment)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic rhetorical strategy—hyperbolic conditions (many mouths, Brahmā-like lifespan) used to frame the limits or magnitude of what can be expressed, reflecting classical Sanskrit oral-aural literary culture.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions as a rhetorical preface rather than a site-description.
The verse addresses a disciplined interlocutor (suvrata/mahāvrata), foregrounding the value of vow-based self-regulation; the ethical emphasis is on disciplined conduct as the context for receiving instruction.
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