Varaha Purana 49.34: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 34
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
प्रजापतिकुले भूत्वा बाल एव वनं गतः । आराध्य विष्णुं प्राप्तं तत् स्थानं परमशोभनम् । तेन साधो ध्रुवेत्येवं मयोक्तं राजसत्तम ॥ ४९.३४ ॥
prajāpatikule bhūtvā bāla eva vanaṃ gataḥ | ārādhya viṣṇuṃ prāptaṃ tat sthānaṃ paramaśobhanam | tena sādho dhruvety evaṃ mayoktaṃ rājasattama || 49.34 ||
プラジャーパティの家系に生まれ、なお幼子のうちに森へ赴いた。ヴィシュヌを礼拝し、その至上にして輝かしい住処を得た。ゆえに、善き者よ—これが私がドルヴァについて語ったところである、王の中の最勝者よ。
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It preserves a Purāṇic exemplum centered on Dhruva, a widely transmitted figure used in Sanskrit narrative literature to illustrate steadfast discipline and the attainment of an exalted ‘abode’ through sustained devotion.
No specific terrestrial location is named in this verse; the key place-term is ‘tat sthānam’—an exalted ‘abode/place’ (often read in Purāṇic contexts as a celestial or transcendent station rather than a mapped site).
The verse foregrounds disciplined practice—going to the forest (a trope for ascetic withdrawal) and focused worship—as a model of perseverance leading to an elevated state or recognition.
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