Varaha Purana 7.31: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 31
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
सुशुद्धभावं विभवैरुपावृतं श्रियावृतं विगतमलं विचक्षणम् । क्षितीश्वरैरपगतकिल्बिषैः स्तुतं गदाधरं प्रणमति यः सुखं वसेत् ॥ ७.३१ ॥
suśuddhabhāvaṃ vibhavair upāvṛtaṃ śriyāvṛtaṃ vigatamalaṃ vicakṣaṇam | kṣitīśvarair apagatakilbiṣaiḥ stutaṃ gadādharaṃ praṇamati yaḥ sukhaṃ vaset || 7.31 ||
जैसे-जैसे राजा लोग अपने पाप छोड़ के उसकी तारीफ करते हैं, वैसे गदाधर भगवान की मन्न की बात साफ हो जाती है। लक्ष्मी उनके पास रहती हैं। जो लोग उनको झुकते हैं वो खुश रहते हैं।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic literary pattern in which praise of a deity is paired with a concise result-statement (phalaśruti), illustrating how devotional stotra passages circulated as portable, recitable units within Sanskrit manuscript culture.
No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse; the reference to kṣitīśvaraiḥ (“earthly rulers/kings”) is social-political rather than locational.
The verse frames well-being as associated with cultivated reverence and moral purification (apagata-kilbiṣa, “freed from wrongdoing”), presenting an ethic of inner cleanliness and discernment rather than coercive obligation.
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