Varaha Purana 10.52: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 52
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
पृथिव्यां सर्वराजानो जिगीषन्निह सत्तमौ । आगतोऽस्मि ध्रुवं चैव स्मर्तव्योऽहं तपोधनौ ॥ भवन्तौ कौ समाख्यातं ममानुग्रहकाङ्क्षया ॥ १०.५३ ॥
pṛthivyāṁ sarvarājāno jigīṣann iha sattamau | āgato 'smi dhruvaṁ caiva smartavyo 'haṁ tapodhanau | bhavantau kau samākhyātaṁ mamānugrahakāṅkṣayā || 10.53 ||
భూమిపై సమస్త రాజులు జయకాంక్షతో ఇక్కడ ప్రయత్నిస్తారు. నేను నిశ్చయంగా ఇక్కడికి వచ్చాను; ఓ తపోధనులారా, నన్ను స్మరించవలెను. నా అనుగ్రహాన్ని కోరుతూ మీరు ఇద్దరు ఎవరో చెప్పండి.
Varāha (default per dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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The verse reflects a common Purāṇic narrative setting where political ambition (royal conquest) is contrasted with ascetic authority, framing a dialogue that legitimizes teaching through encounter between power and tapas.
No specific pilgrimage site or named locality is identified here; the setting is generalized as “on the earth” (pṛthivyām).
The passage foregrounds remembrance of the authoritative speaker and recognizes austerity (tapas) as a form of “wealth,” implying an ethical hierarchy where spiritual discipline can stand alongside or above political conquest.
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