Varaha Purana 6.32: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 32
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
तावद्विष्णोस्तु पुरुषैः किङ्करैर्मुसलैरहम् । प्रहतः सङ्क्षयं यातस्ततस्ते रोमकूपतः । स्वर्गस्थस्यापि राजेन्द्र स्थितोऽहं स्वेन तेजसा ॥ ६.३२ ॥
tāvad viṣṇos tu puruṣaiḥ kiṅkarair musalair aham | prahataḥ saṅkṣayaṁ yātas tatas te romakūpataḥ | svargasthasyāpi rājendra sthito 'haṁ svena tejasā || 6.32 ||
అప్పుడు విష్ణువు సేవకులు ముసలాలతో నన్ను కొట్టి నాశనస్థితికి చేర్చారు. ఆపై, ఓ రాజేంద్రా, నీవు స్వర్గంలో ఉన్నప్పటికీ నేను నా స్వతేజస్సుతో నీ దేహ రోమకూపాలలో నిలిచియున్నాను.
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It exemplifies Purāṇic narrative technique: mythic causality is expressed through concrete bodily imagery (romakūpa) and courtly address (rājendra), reflecting how cosmological ideas were communicated in classical Sanskrit literature.
No specific geographic toponym is stated in this verse; the only location-like reference is svarga (heaven) as a cosmological realm rather than a terrestrial site.
The verse foregrounds consequence and agency: destructive action by powerful agents (attendants of Viṣṇu) results in the speaker’s ‘destruction,’ while inner ‘radiance’ (tejas) is presented as a sustaining principle—an implicit philosophical point about endurance beyond physical defeat.
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