Varaha Purana 10.4: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 4
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
एवं तोषयतां तेषां बहुवर्षसहस्रिकम् । काले देवस्तदा तुष्टः प्रत्यक्षत्वं जगाम ह ॥ १०.४ ॥
evaṃ toṣayatāṃ teṣāṃ bahuvarṣasahasrikam | kāle devas tadā tuṣṭaḥ pratyakṣatvaṃ jagāma ha || 10.4 ||
Demikianlah, ketika mereka terus menyenangkan-Nya selama beribu-ribu tahun, pada waktunya dewa itu—setelah berkenan—benar-benar menampakkan diri secara langsung.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative structure in which prolonged ritual or devotional effort across vast time-scales culminates in a deity’s direct manifestation, illustrating how Purāṇas encode cosmological duration and literary causality.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed as a temporal-narrative transition rather than a toponymic (place-identifying) statement.
The verse foregrounds the principle of sustained disciplined effort (long-term propitiation or dedicated practice) leading to an outcome, presented as a philosophical instruction about perseverance and moral-intentional continuity.
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