Varaha Purana 137.112: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 112
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
यदि तुष्टो महादेव आदिमध्यान्तवर्जितः ॥ मम चैव प्रियार्थाय एतन्मे दीयतां वरः ॥
yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva ādi-madhyānta-varjitaḥ || mama caiva priyārthāya etan me dīyatāṁ varaḥ ||
अगर महादेव खुश हो जाएँ, वो जो शुरू, बीच और अंत से पारे हैं, तो मेरा काम हो जाए। जो मुझे प्यारा है उसके लिए यह वरद मुझे दे दो।
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It preserves a conventional Purāṇic petition-formula (vara-prārthanā) and a philosophical epithet describing a deity as transcending temporal sequence, reflecting shared doctrinal vocabulary across Purāṇic corpora.
No specific site-name occurs in this half-verse; the surrounding passage (later verses) situates the discourse around Soma-tīrtha, a sacred bathing-place referenced in tīrtha-māhātmya sections.
A principle of disciplined petition: boons are framed as contingent upon ethical-spiritual satisfaction (tuṣṭi) of the divine, implying restraint and accountability rather than entitlement.
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