Varaha Purana 48.2: Adhyaya 48, Shloka 2
The Kalki Dvādaśī Observance and the Episode of King Viśāla
नमोऽस्तु कल्किने पादौ हृषीकेशाय वै कटिम् । म्लेच्छविध्वंसनायेति जगन्मूर्त्ते तथोदरम् ॥ ४८.२ ॥
namo 'stu kalkine pādau hṛṣīkeśāya vai kaṭim | mlecchavidhvaṃsanāyeti jaganmūrtte tathodaram || 48.2 ||
కల్కికి పాదములకు నమస్కారం; హృషీకేశుని కటికి కూడా నమస్కారం; ‘మ్లేచ్ఛవిధ్వంసకుడు’ అని, జగన్మూర్తి యొక్క ఉదరమునకును అలాగే నమస్కారం।
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in fragment)
Foreshadows Viṣṇu’s future Kalki form and affirms Hṛṣīkeśa as a pan-avatāric identity; not specifically Kṛṣṇa/Mathurā.
A nyāsa-like body-part salutation maps multiple avatāric functions onto a single cosmic body (jaganmūrti), implying the Lord as the integrative ground of time (Kalki), senses (Hṛṣīkeśa), and dharma-protection (mleccha-vināśa).
Not explicit Varāha-yajña mapping; instead an aṅga-vandana schema: pāda=Kalkin (future corrective force), kaṭi=Hṛṣīkeśa (lord of senses/discipline), udara=Jaganmūrti (cosmic containment).
Supports viśvarūpa/antaryāmin theology: one Brahman/Viṣṇu appearing as many names and functions; encourages internalization of worship through bodily localization (aṅga-bhakti).
One Lord bears many epithets across time and function; devotion can be practiced as aṅga-vandana, sanctifying perception of the divine body as the cosmos.
Use the verse as part of pūjā/nyāsa: touch feet/waist/belly (or visualize) while reciting, cultivating sense-control (Hṛṣīkeśa) and trust in dharma-restoration (Kalki).
Varāha Purāṇa 48.48.1 (context: dvādaśī worship where this salutation may be employed)
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It preserves a Purāṇic register of Vaiṣṇava praise using multiple epithets (Kalkin, Hṛṣīkeśa, jaganmūrti) and a body-part homage structure reminiscent of stotra and nyāsa-style devotional diction.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily theological and hymnic.
The verse functions as an invocation of reverence and protective order (dispelling disruptive forces), framed as homage rather than a direct prescriptive ethical rule.
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