Varaha Purana 137.127: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 127
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि तथैवोर्ध्वमुखः स्थितः ॥ एवमुग्रं तपः कृत्वा कान्तिमानभवच्च सः
pañca-varṣa-sahasrāṇi tathaivordhva-mukhaḥ sthitaḥ || evam ugraṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā kāntimān abhavac ca saḥ
पाँच हज़ार साल तक वो ऊपर देखता रहा। ऐसे ही वह बैठा रहा। इतना बड़ा तपस्या किया उसने। फिर वो चमकने लगा, पूरी तरह।
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It illustrates a Purāṇic trope where bodily discipline is narrated as producing visible ‘kānti’ (radiance), a literary sign of achieved potency and moral authority.
No explicit toponym occurs in this verse; it continues the ‘there’ narrative that the fragment later links to Somatīrtha.
Endurance and disciplined practice are presented as transformative, with results framed as character and presence (radiance) rather than coercive power.
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