Varaha Purana 66.3: Adhyaya 66, Shloka 3
Nārada’s Journey to Śvetadvīpa and the Means of Attaining the Lord through the Pañcarātra
श्वेतद्वीपं गतः पूर्वं नारदः किल पार्थिव । सोऽपश्यच्छङ्खचक्राब्जान् पुरुषांस्तिग्मतेजसः ॥ ६६.३ ॥
śvetadvīpaṃ gataḥ pūrvaṃ nāradaḥ kila pārthiva | so 'paśyac chaṅkhacakrābjān puruṣāṃs tigmatejasaḥ || 66.3 ||
ഹേ പാർത്ഥിവാ! മുൻകാലത്ത് നാരദൻ ശ്വേതദ്വീപിലേക്കു പോയിരുന്നു. അവിടെ ശംഖം, ചക്രം, പദ്മം ധരിച്ച തീക്ഷ്ണതേജസ്സുള്ള പുരുഷന്മാരെ അവൻ കണ്ടു।
Varāha (default framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic motif in which Nārada functions as a trans-regional witness, linking terrestrial kingship discourse to a cosmological sacred geography (Śvetadvīpa) and transmitting iconographic norms associated with Viṣṇu-oriented traditions.
Śvetadvīpa (“White Island”) is named; in Purāṇic cosmography it denotes a transcendent or otherworldly island/realm rather than a securely mappable terrestrial site, though it is discussed in comparative scholarship alongside other dvīpa schemata.
The verse primarily conveys descriptive sacred geography and the recognition of exemplary, radiant figures; any ethical implication is indirect—valuing disciplined perception and authoritative transmission (seeing and reporting sacred exemplars) within the narrative frame.
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