Varaha Purana 48.18: Adhyaya 48, Shloka 18
The Kalki Dvādaśī Observance and the Episode of King Viśāla
वामनस्तु ततो जातो जामदग्न्यो महाबलः । पुनर्दाशरथिर्भूत्वा वासुदेवः पुनर्बभौ ॥ ४८.१८ ॥
vāmanas tu tato jāto jāmadagnyo mahābalaḥ | punar dāśarathir bhūtvā vāsudevaḥ punar babhau || 48.18 ||
അതിനുശേഷം വാമനൻ ജനിച്ചു; പിന്നെ മഹാബലനായ ജാമദഗ്ന്യൻ (പരശുരാമൻ) പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. വീണ്ടും ദാശരഥിയായ രാമനായി, വാസുദേവൻ പുനരാവിർഭവിച്ചു.
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It provides a compact Purāṇic catalogue of major avatāra-identities using epithets (e.g., Jāmadagnya, Dāśarathi), reflecting how Sanskrit narrative traditions summarize large mytho-historical cycles through lineage-markers and well-known names.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is primarily a sequence of avatāra identifications rather than a sacred-geography passage.
The verse does not state a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical function is classificatory—presenting continuity of divine manifestation across eras, a common Purāṇic framework used to contextualize dharma narratives in different times.
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