Varaha Purana 69.29: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 29
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
एवमुक्तस्तदा तेन तापसेन नराधिप । विस्मयापन्नहृदयस्तमेवाहं तु पृष्टवान् ॥ ६९.२९ ॥
evam uktas tadā tena tāpasena narādhipa | vismayāpanna-hṛdayas tam evāhaṃ tu pṛṣṭavān || 69.29 ||
O królu, gdy ów asceta zwrócił się do mnie w ten sposób, serce moje napełniło się zdumieniem, i wtedy zapytałem go o więcej.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It functions as a narrative hinge in Purāṇic storytelling: an ascetic’s statement prompts wonder in the interlocutor, leading to further inquiry—an established technique for extending doctrinal or descriptive passages.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is a dialogue-transition line rather than a site-description passage.
The verse foregrounds an epistemic ethic: astonishment leads to respectful questioning of a learned ascetic, modeling inquiry as the proper response to profound instruction.
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