Varaha Purana 55.54: Adhyaya 55, Shloka 54
Observance of the Auspicious Dvādaśī Vow and the Sacred Account of the Kubjākāmra Tīrtha
तस्मात्त्वमपि राजेन्द्र तं देवं शरणं व्रज । येन भूयः पुनः शोच्यपदवीं नो प्रयास्यसि ॥ ५५.५४ ॥
tasmāt tvam api rājendra taṃ devaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja | yena bhūyaḥ punaḥ śocyapadavīṃ no prayāsyasi || 55.54 ||
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Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic didactic mode in which a royal addressee (rājendra) is instructed in ethical and soteriological orientation—framing kingship within broader moral accountability and the literary convention of counsel through exemplary dialogue.
No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is a general instruction rather than a passage of sacred geography.
The verse advises adopting a stance of refuge (śaraṇa) in the divine principle/deity as a means to avoid recurring states of lamentation—an ethical-psychological directive toward stability, humility, and reorientation away from sorrow-producing conduct.
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