Varaha Purana 3.25: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 25
Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa
एवमुक्त्वा गतो देवः सद्योऽदर्शनमुच्चकैः । अहं कलेवरं त्यक्त्वा कालेन तपसा तदा ॥ ३.२५ ॥
evam uktvā gato devaḥ sadyo 'darśanam uccakaiḥ | ahaṁ kalevaraṁ tyaktvā kālena tapasā tadā || 3.25 ||
Tak rzekłszy, bóstwo odeszło natychmiast, wznosząc się wysoko i znikając z oczu. Wtedy ja, porzuciwszy ciało, w tym czasie, poprzez bieg czasu i poprzez ascezę (tapas), podążałem dalej.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative device: a deity’s departure “out of sight” followed by a temporal or ascetic transition, marking a shift in the storyline and the speaker’s state.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions primarily as a narrative and temporal transition.
The verse foregrounds tapas (austerity/discipline) and the passage of time as transformative forces, presenting disciplined endurance as a philosophical motif rather than a prescriptive command.
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