Varaha Purana 7.26: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 26
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
किमनु प्रोच्यते रैभ्य तव पुण्यमिदं प्रभो । येन साक्षाद् गदापाणिर्दृष्टो नारायणः स्वयम् ॥ ७.२६ ॥
kim anu procyate raibhya tava puṇyam idaṃ prabho | yena sākṣād gadāpāṇir dṛṣṭo nārāyaṇaḥ svayam || 7.26 ||
हे रैभ्य, अब इस पुण्य के बारे में और क्या बोलू? तुमने तो नारायण को अपनी आँखों से देख लिया। गदा लिए खड़े हुए भगवान को सीधा देख लिया।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif in which moral merit (puṇya) is validated through the culturally significant theme of direct encounter (sākṣāt-darśana) with an idealized divine figure, illustrating how Purāṇas link ethics, place-based practice, and exemplary biography.
No explicit toponym appears in this verse fragment; the surrounding chapter section is typically associated (in many Varāha Purāṇa recensions) with tīrtha-oriented discourse, but the specific location cannot be established from 7.26 alone.
The verse foregrounds the concept that virtuous conduct and accumulated merit (puṇya) are esteemed and socially recognized, here expressed through the idiom of ‘direct seeing’ as a marker of exceptional ethical-spiritual attainment.
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