Varaha Purana 144.33: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 33
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
लिङ्गरूपेण ते देवि गजाननपुरस्कृतः ॥ गर्भे तव वसिष्यामि पुत्रो भूत्वा शिवप्रिये ॥
liṅgarūpeṇa te devi gajānana-puraskṛtaḥ || garbhe tava vasiṣyāmi putro bhūtvā śivapriye
देवी, मैं लिंग की शकल में आके तुम्हारे पेट में रहूँगा। गणेश मेरे साथ होगा। मैं तुम्हारा बेटा बनके आऊँगा, शिव तुम्हे पसंद है ना।
Devadeva (contextual narrative voice)
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It reflects Purāṇic integration of icon (liṅga) theology with genealogical myth, showing how sacred objects and origin stories reinforce each other in textual tradition.
No explicit location is named here; it continues the Revā-centered narrative thread introduced earlier.
The verse foregrounds fidelity to a promise (vara) and frames birth/lineage as a responsibility undertaken for fulfilling a boon.
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