Varaha Purana 144.77: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 77
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
विस्मितस्तु तदोवाच कथं नाद्यापि मे हरिः ॥ दृग्गोचरत्वमायाति जातं चेत्तपसः फलम्
vismitas tu tadovāca kathaṃ nādyāpi me hariḥ || dṛg-gocaratvam āyāti jātaṃ cet tapasaḥ phalam
അതിശയിച്ച് അദ്ദേഹം പറഞ്ഞു—എന്റെ തപസ്സിന്റെ ഫലം സത്യമായി ഉദിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ, ഹരി ഇനിയും എന്റെ ദൃഷ്ടിഗോചരനായിട്ടില്ലാത്തത് എങ്ങനെ?
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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