Varaha Purana 63.10: Adhyaya 63, Shloka 10
Procedure for the Son-Obtaining Vow
Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī Observance
वासुदेवं महाभागमनेकक्रतুযाजिनम् । तं लब्ध्वा सोऽपि राजर्षिः परं निर्वाणमापतवान् ॥ ६३.१० ॥
vāsudevaṃ mahābhāgam anekakratu-yājinam | taṃ labdhvā so 'pi rājarṣiḥ paraṃ nirvāṇam āpatavān || 63.10 ||
फिर उस राजा को वासुदेव का दरस मिला। वासुदेव बहुत बड़े भगवान हैं, बहुत सारे यज्ञ किए हैं। उनको पाके वो राजा मुक्ति पा गया।
Varāha (default dialogic frame; explicit speaker not present in the excerpt)
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It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis where Vedic sacrificial merit (kratu) is presented alongside devotion or encounter with Vāsudeva as culminating in liberation, illustrating the text’s integration of older ritual culture with later soteriological themes.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is focused on a person (Vāsudeva) and the attainment of liberation by a royal sage.
The verse foregrounds the ideal that disciplined religious conduct (such as performing rites) and the pursuit of higher spiritual attainment culminate in liberation, presented as a philosophical outcome rather than a compulsory doctrine.
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