Varaha Purana 134.52: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 52
Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure
Upaspṛśya
वराहरूपी भगवान् लोकनाथो जनार्दनः । उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं मेघदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनः ॥
varāharūpī bhagavān lokanātho janārdanaḥ | uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ meghadundubhiniḥsvanaḥ ||
भगवान जनार्दन ने वराह का रूप लिया। वो तीनों दुनिया के मालिक थे। उन्होंने जो बात कही वो बहुत मधुर थी। उनकी आवाज़ बादल की गरज और दुंदुभी की आवाज़ जैसी गूँज रही थी।
Varāha (Janārdana)
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It preserves a conventional Purāṇic formula for introducing divine instruction, combining epithet clusters with a poetic simile to mark authoritative speech.
No location is named; the verse functions as a narrative preface to instruction.
The verse itself introduces the instructor (Varāha/Janārdana) rather than giving a rule; the ethical teaching begins in the subsequent verses.
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