Varaha Purana 137.161: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 161
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
आत्मयोगप्रभावेण तत्रैवान्तरहितोऽभवम् ॥ आदित्योऽपि गतो भद्रे वेश्म स्वं च महाधनम्
ātma-yoga-prabhāveṇa tatraivāntarhito 'bhavam || ādityo 'pi gato bhadre veśma svaṃ ca mahā-dhanam
अपनी योग की ताकत से मैं वहाँ गायब हो गया। आदित्य भी अपने महल और धन के पास चला गया, शुभ है यह बात।
Unclear; internal first-person suggests an embedded narrator (default overarching frame: Varāha narrating to Pṛthivī)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative device—sudden disappearance through yogic power—indicating the porous boundary between human and divine agency in these texts.
No named location appears; “tatra eva” indicates immediacy within the story scene.
Implicitly, the verse associates disciplined power (yoga) with agency and mobility; it does not state a direct moral injunction in the excerpt.
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