Varaha Purana 6.18: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 18
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
एवं तु वदतस्तस्य मूर्त्तिमान् पुरुषः किल । निर्गत्य देहान्नीलाभो घनचण्डो भयंकरः ॥ ६.१८ ॥
evaṃ tu vadatas tasya mūrttimān puruṣaḥ kila | nirgatya dehān nīlābho ghanacaṇḍo bhayaṃkaraḥ || 6.18 ||
അവൻ ഇങ്ങനെ പറയുമ്പോൾ, അവന്റെ ദേഹത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഒരു മൂർത്തിമാനായ പുരുഷൻ പുറപ്പെട്ടു എന്നു പറയുന്നു—നീലാഭ വർണ്ണം, അത്യന്തം ഉഗ്രൻ, ഭയങ്കരൻ.
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif: the sudden manifestation of an embodied entity from a principal figure, reflecting medieval Sanskrit cosmological imagination and literary conventions of personification.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on a narrative manifestation rather than sacred geography.
No direct ethical instruction is explicit here; the verse functions primarily as narrative description, establishing the appearance and character (terrifying, fierce) of an emergent being.
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