Varaha Purana 6.8: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 8
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
पुण्डरीकाक्षपारं तु स्तवं भक्त्या जपन् बुधः । आरिराधयिषुर्देवं नारायणमकल्मषम् । स्तोत्रान्ते तल्लयं प्राप्तः स राजा राजसत्तमः ॥ ६.८ ॥
puṇḍarīkākṣapāraṃ tu stavaṃ bhaktyā japan budhaḥ | ārirādhayiṣur devaṃ nārāyaṇam akalmaṣam | stotrānte tallayaṃ prāptaḥ sa rājā rājasattamaḥ || 6.8 ||
वो समझदार राजा भगवान नारायण को खुश करना चाहता था। उसने पुंडरीकाक्ष का स्तोत्र प्यार से पढ़ा। भगवान में कोई बुराई नहीं थी। जब उसने पूरा स्तोत्र पढ़ लिया, तो वो राजा भगवान में मिल गया।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not present in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic literary pattern where recitation of a stotra (hymn) is presented as a formal practice with a stated result (phala), illustrating how devotion and textual performance were framed within Sanskrit religious culture.
No geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is on ritual-literary practice (stotra recitation) and its stated outcome.
The verse foregrounds disciplined devotional practice—recitation with bhakti (devotion) and intent to honor the divine—as a valued mode of conduct, expressed in neutral terms as a philosophical instruction about focused reverence and moral purity (akalmaṣa).
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