Varaha Purana 70.34: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 34
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
एवमुक्तस्ततो देवैस्तानुवाच जनार्दनः । युगानि त्रीणि बहवो मामुपेष्यन्ति मानवाः ॥ ७०.३४ ॥
evam uktas tato devais tān uvāca janārdanaḥ | yugāni trīṇi bahavo mām upeṣyanti mānavāḥ || 70.34 ||
देवता ने जब ऐसा कहा, तब जनार्दन ने उन्हे जवाब दिया। तीन युग तक बहुत लोग मेरे पास आयेंगे।
Varāha (Janārdana, as the instructing voice in the Purāṇic dialogue framework)
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It reflects a standard Purāṇic historiography in which cosmic time is structured into yugas, situating human religious and ethical activity within a long temporal framework used across early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily temporal (yuga-based) rather than topographical.
Implicitly, the verse frames human conduct as occurring within cyclical ages and suggests an orientation of “approaching” (upa-√i) the divine/instructor, a common Purāṇic motif for seeking guidance and order (dharma) across time.
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