Varaha Purana 137.65: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 65
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
तीर्त्वा चक्रगदाशङ्खपद्मपाणिश्चतुर्भुजः ॥ मम रूपधरः श्रीमान्मम लोके महीयते
tīrtvā cakragadāśaṅkhapadmapāṇiś caturbhujaḥ || mama rūpadharaḥ śrīmān mama loke mahīyate
वो पार कर गया। चार हाथ थे उसके। हाथों में चक्र, गदा, शंख और कमल था। वो मेरा रूप ले के आया। मेरे दुनिया में उसकी बहुत इज़्ज़त है।
Varāha (default, dialogue framework provisional)
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It preserves a standard Vaiṣṇava iconographic set (cakra, gadā, śaṅkha, padma), relevant to art history and the diffusion of visual theology in Sanskrit texts.
No explicit earthly place-name appears in this fragment; the focus is on form-description and honor “in my world/realm.”
Implicitly, it valorizes crossing beyond peril/existence through alignment with a revered model (bearing the divine form), though the verse is primarily laudatory rather than prescriptive.
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