Varaha Purana 48.16: Adhyaya 48, Shloka 16
The Kalki Dvādaśī Observance and the Episode of King Viśāla
नर उवाच । स्वयं नारायणो देवो लोकमार्गप्रदर्शकः । मया सह तपः कुर्याद् बदर्यां लोकभावनः ॥ ४८.१६ ॥
nara uvāca | svayaṃ nārāyaṇo devo lokamārga-pradarśakaḥ | mayā saha tapaḥ kuryād badaryāṃ loka-bhāvanaḥ || 48.16 ||
നരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ലോകമാർഗം കാണിച്ചുതരുന്ന, ലോകങ്ങളെ പോഷിപ്പിക്കുന്ന സ്വയം നാരായണദേവൻ ബദരിയിൽ എന്നോടൊപ്പം തപസ് ചെയ്യട്ടെ.”
Nara
FAQs
The verse reflects a Purāṇic narrative strategy that links sacred geography (Badarī-kṣetra) with idealized ascetic practice, presenting revered locations as living centers of cultural memory and disciplined life.
Badarī (Badarī-kṣetra), commonly identified in scholarship with the Badrinath region in the central Himalayas, a major North Indian pilgrimage landscape associated with Nara-Nārāyaṇa traditions.
The passage foregrounds disciplined self-cultivation (tapas) guided by an exemplar who “shows the path” (lokamārga-pradarśakaḥ), emphasizing ethical formation through restraint, guidance, and purposeful practice.
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