Varaha Purana 48.19: Adhyaya 48, Shloka 19
The Kalki Dvādaśī Observance and the Episode of King Viśāla
बुद्धो भूत्वा जनं ह्येष मोहयामास पार्थिव । सपत्नान् दस्यवो म्लेच्छान् पुनर्हत्वा महीमिमाम् । प्रकृतिस्थां चकारायं स एष भगवान् हरिः ॥ ४८.१९ ॥
buddho bhūtvā janaṃ hyeṣa mohayāmāsa pārthiva | sapatnān dasyavo mlecchān punar hatvā mahīm imām | prakṛtisthāṃ cakārāyaṃ sa eṣa bhagavān hariḥ || 48.19 ||
राजा, भगवान बुद्ध बन गए थे और लोगों को उलझा दिया था। फिर दुश्मनों को, चोरों को, और बुरा लोगों को मारा। धरती को फिर से ठीक किया। यह वही भगवान हरि हैं।
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It reflects a Purāṇic narrative pattern in which major cultural-historical figures and movements are interpreted through the avatāra framework, linking social disorder and restoration of political order to a divine agency within the text’s historiographical style.
No specific toponym or pilgrimage site is named in this verse; the reference is general—‘this earth’ (mahīm imām).
The verse foregrounds the restoration of social and political stability (prakṛtisthā—return to a ‘normal/natural order’) as a valued outcome, framed in the text as the removal of disruptive forces and re-establishment of governance.
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