Varaha Purana 17.18: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 18
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
भगवन् दुःखसंसारमग्नैः पुम्भिस्तितीर्षुभिः । यत्कार्यं तन्ममाचक्ष्व प्रणते शंसितव्रत ॥ १७.१८ ॥
bhagavan duḥkhasaṃsāramagnaiḥ pumbhis titīrṣubhiḥ | yatkāryaṃ tan mamācakṣva praṇate śaṃsitavrata || 17.18 ||
ഹേ ഭഗവൻ! ദുഃഖമയമായ സംസാരത്തിൽ മുങ്ങി അതിനെ കടക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യർ എന്ത് ചെയ്യണം? ഞാൻ പ്രണാമം ചെയ്യുന്നു; ഹേ പ്രശംസിതവ്രതാ, അത് എനിക്ക് അരുളിച്ചെയ്യുക।
Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework: the inquirer addressing Varāha)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic pedagogical form: a supplicant’s question about how to transcend saṃsāra, framing subsequent instruction as a structured dialogue between inquirer and teacher.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a doctrinal prompt rather than a tīrtha or sacred-geography reference.
The verse foregrounds disciplined inquiry and humility (praṇati) as prerequisites for receiving guidance on right action (kārya) aimed at overcoming suffering within saṃsāra.
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