Varaha Purana 5.44: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 44
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
नैमिषाख्यं वरारोहे तत्र यज्ञतनुं गुरुम् । तपसाराधयामास यज्ञमूर्तिं स्तवेन् च ॥ ५.४४ ॥
naimiṣākhyaṃ varārohe tatra yajñatanuṃ gurum | tapasārādhayāmāsa yajñamūrtiṃ stavena ca || 5.44 ||
O o pięknych biodrach, w miejscu zwanym Naimisza, on tam zjednał sobie poprzez ascezę i również poprzez uwielbienie czcigodnego nauczyciela, którego ciałem jest ofiara, same wcielenie ofiary Jadźńa.
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It reflects a Purāṇic literary pattern in which renowned sacred sites (tīrthas/āraṇyas) are linked with ascetic practice and ritual ideology, presenting Naimiṣa as a culturally important locus for tapas and liturgical praise.
Naimiṣa (often identified with Naimiṣāraṇya in later Sanskrit tradition), commonly associated in scholarship with a forest-sacred region in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India (around the Nimsar area).
The verse foregrounds disciplined practice (tapas) and respectful speech (stava, praise) as complementary modes of approach to a teacher/ideal, emphasizing reverence, self-regulation, and intentionality rather than coercive obligation.
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