Varaha Purana 144.27: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 27
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
देवदेव उवाच ॥ विष्णुसान्निध्यमप्यत्र सदैव निवसाम्यहम् ॥ विशेषतस्त्वदीयेऽस्मिन्नद्यप्रभृतिगोपते ॥
devadeva uvāca || viṣṇusānnidhyam apyatra sadaiva nivasāmyaham || viśeṣatas tvadīye 'sminn adyaprabhṛti gopate
देवदेव ने कहा, मैं यहाँ हमेशा रहता हूँ, विष्णु के साथ। और आज से, गोपति, तुम्हारे इस लिंग में भी रहूँगा।
Devadeva
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It preserves a textual model for shared sanctity, presenting co-presence of deities as a legitimizing feature of a shrine or icon.
No explicit geography appears in this verse; later verses link the passage to Revā and mountain identities (Śāligrāma-giri, etc.).
The verse communicates reliability and continuity: sacred commitments are framed as enduring, supporting stable devotional and communal practice.
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