Varaha Purana 4.32: Adhyaya 4, Shloka 32
On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा स राजा अश्वशिरास्तदा । पप्रच्छ तावृषी भक्त्या किमिदं द्विजसत्तमौ ॥ ४.३२ ॥
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā sa rājā ’śvaśirās tadā | papraccha tāv ṛṣī bhaktyā kim idaṃ dvijasattamau || 4.32 ||
അപ്പോൾ രാജാവ് അശ്വശിരസ് കൈകൾ അഞ്ജലിയാക്കി ഭക്തിയോടെ ആ രണ്ടു ഋഷിമാരോടു ചോദിച്ചു—“ഹേ ദ്വിജസത്തമന്മാരേ, ഇത് എന്താണ്?”
King Aśvaśiras (inquirer); sages addressed as respondents
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: a royal patron approaches learned sages with humility, framing the transmission of teachings as a dialogic, socially embedded exchange.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition introducing a question to the sages.
The verse models intellectual humility and respectful inquiry—approaching knowledge through reverence (añjali) and devotion (bhakti) rather than assertion.
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