Varaha Purana 116.42: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 42
An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering
तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति ॥ एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे शुभनिर्देशनिश्चयः ॥ सर्वलोकहितार्थाय यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥
tasyāhaṃ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati | etat te kathitaṃ bhadre śubhanirdeśaniścayaḥ | sarvalokahitārthāya yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi ||
तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि, स च मे न प्रणश्यति। एतत्ते भद्रे कथितं शुभनिर्देशनिश्चयः; सर्वलोकहितार्थं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि।
Varāha
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It functions like a didactic closure, explicitly framing the discourse as universal welfare-oriented instruction, characteristic of Purāṇic pedagogical style.
No geographic location is identified.
The passage emphasizes the value of welfare-oriented inquiry and presents a reciprocal, enduring bond between teacher-deity and adherent within the text’s moral framework.
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