Varaha Purana 191.9: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 9
Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation
तत्र पप्रच्छ मां ब्रह्मा मम गात्राद्विनिःसृतः ॥ य एव तिष्ठते विष्णो त्रयाणां च चतुर्थकः ॥
tatra papraccha māṃ brahmā mama gātrād viniḥsṛtaḥ || ya eva tiṣṭhate viṣṇo trayāṇāṃ ca caturthakaḥ |
ब्रह्मा ने मुझसे पूछा उस आदमी के बारे में जो मेरे शरीर से निकला था। वो विष्णु के लिए खड़ा है, तीन के साथ चौथा।
Varāha
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It preserves a doctrinally suggestive formula (‘the fourth of the three’) that reflects how Purāṇic texts classify divine functions and associated personifications.
No location is mentioned.
No direct ethical instruction is stated; the verse advances a classificatory/theological explanation within the narrative.
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