Varaha Purana 4.26: Adhyaya 4, Shloka 26
On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
इति राजवचः श्रुत्वा तदा तौ मुनिपुङ्गवौ । चक्रतुः परमां मायां योगमायां विशेषतः ॥ ४.२६ ॥
iti rājavacaḥ śrutvā tadā tau munipuṅgavau | cakratuḥ paramāṃ māyāṃ yogamāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ || 4.26 ||
രാജവചനങ്ങൾ കേട്ടപ്പോൾ ആ രണ്ടു മുനിപുങ്ഗവന്മാർ അപ്പോൾ പരമമായ മായയെ—വിശേഷിച്ച് യോഗമായയെ—പ്രയോഗിച്ചു.
Narrator (default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue context; verse itself is third-person narration)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative device in which sages respond to royal speech by deploying yogic or extraordinary means, illustrating the literary trope of ascetic authority interacting with kingship.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition focusing on the sages’ action rather than a place-reference.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical emphasis is on yogic agency—how disciplined knowledge (yoga) is portrayed as enabling controlled manifestation (māyā) within the narrative.
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