Varaha Purana 75.42: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 42
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
अनेककल्पजीवद्भिः पुरुषैः पुण्यकारिभिः । कृतात्मभिर्महात्मभिः प्राप्यते पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ ७५.४२ ॥
anekakalpajīvadbhiḥ puruṣaiḥ puṇyakāribhiḥ | kṛtātmabhir mahātmabhiḥ prāpyate puruṣottamaḥ || 75.42 ||
भगवान को वो लोग पाते हैं जो कई जन्मों से जी रहे हैं। जो अच्छे काम करते हैं, अपने आप को संभाल के रखते हैं, बड़े लोग होते हैं।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic soteriological theme: attainment of the supreme principle is framed as the culmination of long-term ethical cultivation (puṇya, self-discipline) across vast cosmological time (kalpas).
No geographic site or tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse fragment; the focus is ethical and philosophical rather than topographical.
The verse emphasizes sustained merit-making and self-discipline (puṇyakāritva, kṛtātmatā) as key qualifications associated with attaining the highest reality/person (Puruṣottama).
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