Varaha Purana 144.45: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 45
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
स्वां योगमायामाविश्य कर्तृत्वं प्राप्तवानसि ॥ प्रकृत्या सृज्यमानेऽस्मिन्द्रष्टा साक्षी निगद्यते ॥
svāṃ yogamāyām āviśya kartṛtvaṃ prāptavān asi || prakṛtyā sṛjyamāne ’smind draṣṭā sākṣī nigadyate ||
तुमने अपनी माया में घुस के काम करने वाला बन गए हो। जब यह दुनिया बनती है, तब तुम देखने वाले हो। तुम विटनेस हो जो सब देख रहा है।
Pṛthivī (default, inquirer voice addressing Viṣṇu/Varāha)
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It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of metaphysical vocabulary—agency (kartṛtva), Prakṛti-driven creation, and the witness (sākṣī)—common to late-classical Sanskrit philosophical discourse.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is doctrinal (creation and witnessing).
An implied philosophical instruction: distinguish between apparent agency in the world and the deeper stance of witnessing, encouraging reflective restraint rather than impulsive doership.
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