Varaha Purana 54.10: Adhyaya 54, Shloka 10
Nārada’s Teaching on a Viṣṇu-Vrata for Securing a Husband
Narrative of the Apsarases
तथापि देवदेवस्य विष्णोर्यन्नामकीर्तितम् । भवतीभिस्तथा भर्त्ता भवत्विति हरिः कृतः । तन्नामोच्चारणादेव कृतं सर्वं न संशयः ॥ ५४.१० ॥
tathāpi devadevasya viṣṇor yan nāmakīrtitam | bhavatībhiḥ tathā bhartā bhavatv iti hariḥ kṛtaḥ | tan-nāmoccāraṇād eva kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 54.10 ||
फिर भी तुमने विष्णु का नाम लिया। वो भगवानों के भी भगवान हैं। इसलिए हरि अब तुम्हारा पति बन गया है। बस उसका नाम लेने से काम हो गया। इसमें कोई शक नहीं।
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic theme: the efficacy of divine-name recitation (nāma-kīrtana) as a culturally widespread religious-literary practice, illustrating the period’s emphasis on accessible ritual speech-acts.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on the act of uttering Viṣṇu’s name rather than on a tīrtha or sacred site.
The verse promotes disciplined speech and remembrance: it presents the utterance of a revered name as a meaningful, intentional act that is framed as spiritually efficacious and socially affirming within the text’s value system.
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