Varaha Purana 144.62: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 62
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
अहं च भगवान्विष्णुर्भक्तेच्छोपात्तविग्रहः॥ एवमुक्त्वा द्विजपतिमन्वगृह्णाद्धरः प्रभुः॥
ahaṁ ca bhagavān viṣṇur bhaktecchopāttavigrahaḥ || evam uktvā dvijapatim anvagṛhṇād dharaḥ prabhuḥ ||
मैं विष्णु हूँ, भक्त की इच्छा के हिसाब से रूप लेता हूँ। यह कहके हरि ने ब्राह्मण के गुरु को अपना लिया।
Varāha (Viṣṇu as instructor)
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It provides a compact theological-lexical formulation for adaptive embodiment (upātta-vigraha), relevant for studying how Purāṇas articulate accessibility of the divine through forms.
No explicit location is named here; it continues the same kṣetra/tīrtha narrative setting introduced in the surrounding verses.
Devotional intent is framed as ethically significant: the text emphasizes alignment of practice with sincere aspiration rather than coercive obligation.
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