Varaha Purana 63.10: Adhyaya 63, Shloka 10
Procedure for the Son-Obtaining Vow
Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī Observance
वासुदेवं महाभागमनेकक्रतুযाजिनम् । तं लब्ध्वा सोऽपि राजर्षिः परं निर्वाणमापतवान् ॥ ६३.१० ॥
vāsudevaṃ mahābhāgam anekakratu-yājinam | taṃ labdhvā so 'pi rājarṣiḥ paraṃ nirvāṇam āpatavān || 63.10 ||
മഹാഭാഗ്യവാനും അനേകം യാഗങ്ങൾ അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചവനുമായ വാസുദേവനെ പ്രാപിച്ച ആ രാജർഷിയും, അവനെ ലഭിച്ച് പരമ നിർവാണപദം (മോക്ഷം) പ്രാപിച്ചു।
Varāha (default dialogic frame; explicit speaker not present in the excerpt)
Vāsudeva is named as the liberating object of encounter; this aligns with Vaiṣṇava soteriology and can be read as a theological bridge toward Kṛṣṇa/Vāsudeva devotion, though no Mathurā-topography is specified.
Bhagavat-prāpti (attaining Vāsudeva) is presented as the decisive condition for supreme liberation; ritual merit (many sacrifices) is subordinated to/consummated by encounter with the Lord.
Orient ritual and ethical life toward Viṣṇu/Vāsudeva as the final refuge; treat devotion/realization as the telos of sacrificial and royal duties.
63.63.11-12 (transition from liberation narrative to vrata-instruction)
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It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis where Vedic sacrificial merit (kratu) is presented alongside devotion or encounter with Vāsudeva as culminating in liberation, illustrating the text’s integration of older ritual culture with later soteriological themes.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is focused on a person (Vāsudeva) and the attainment of liberation by a royal sage.
The verse foregrounds the ideal that disciplined religious conduct (such as performing rites) and the pursuit of higher spiritual attainment culminate in liberation, presented as a philosophical outcome rather than a compulsory doctrine.
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