Varaha Purana 17.47: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 47
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
ततो विष्णुर्मनो ब्रूयान्नायं देहो मया विना । क्षणमप्युत्सहेत् स्थातुमित्युक्त्वाऽन्तर्दधे पुनः ॥ १७.४७ ॥
tato viṣṇur mano brūyān nāyaṁ deho mayā vinā | kṣaṇam apy utsahet sthātum ity uktvā ’ntardadhe punaḥ || 17.47 ||
फिर विष्णु बोले, बिना मुझे यह शरीर एक पल भी नहीं टिक सकता। यह कह के वो भी गायब हो गया।
Varāha (Viṣṇu as instructor, defaulted to primary dialogue framework)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique where a divine speaker asserts agency over embodied existence and then performs antardhāna (withdrawal/disappearance), reinforcing the text’s didactic, dialogic structure.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment; it functions primarily as a narrative-philosophical statement rather than a sacred-geography marker.
The verse foregrounds the contingency of embodied life—stability and endurance are presented as dependent upon a sustaining principle—encouraging reflection on impermanence and the limits of bodily autonomy.
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