Varaha Purana 66.4: Adhyaya 66, Shloka 4
Nārada’s Journey to Śvetadvīpa and the Means of Attaining the Lord through the Pañcarātra
अयं विष्णुरयं विष्णुरेष विष्णुः सनातनः । चिन्ताऽभूत्तस्य तां दृष्ट्वा कोऽस्मिन्विष्णुरिति प्रभुः ॥ ६६.४ ॥
ayaṁ viṣṇur ayaṁ viṣṇur eṣa viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | cintā ’bhūt tasya tāṁ dṛṣṭvā ko ’smin viṣṇur iti prabhuḥ || 66.4 ||
वहाँ सब कह रहे थे - यह विष्णु है, यह विष्णु है, यह विष्णु है। नारद कन्फ्यूज़ हो गए कि असली विष्णु कौन है। उन्होंने पूछा - भगवान, बताओ तो सही विष्णु कौन है?
Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in the fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic literary technique: repeating a doctrinal claim (“This is Viṣṇu”) and then introducing a critical question to clarify identity, referent, and meaning—useful for tracing how Purāṇas frame theological language within dialogue.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the content is primarily doctrinal and interrogative rather than topographical.
The verse models disciplined inquiry: even when a revered name is repeatedly invoked, the text prompts clarification (“Who is Viṣṇu here?”), encouraging careful understanding rather than unexamined repetition.
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