Varaha Purana 17.35: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 35
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
न मया रहितं किञ्चिच्छरीरं स्थायि दूरतः । कालान्तरेत्येवमुक्त्वा सोऽपि निष्क्रम्य देहतः ॥ १७.३५ ॥
na mayā rahitaṃ kiñcidiccharīraṃ sthāyi dūrataḥ | kālāntarety evam uktvā so 'pi niṣkramya dehataḥ || 17.35 ||
അവൻ പറഞ്ഞു: “എന്നെ വിട്ട് ഒരു ശരീരവും ദൂരെയിരുന്നാലും ദീർഘകാലം നിലനിൽക്കുകയില്ല.” ‘കാലാന്തരത്തിൽ’ എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞ് അവനും ദേഹം വിട്ടു പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
Varāha (default, as speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic didactic motif: instruction through narrative on the transient nature of embodied existence, aligning with broader Sanskrit literary approaches to ethics and metaphysics.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is philosophical rather than topographical.
The verse emphasizes impermanence: bodily existence does not endure indefinitely, and separation from the body occurs inevitably over time.
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