Varaha Purana 71.47: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 47
Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account
त्वं ख्यातिं महतीं प्राप्य मुक्तिं यास्यसि शाश्वतीम् । एवमुक्त्वाऽथ मुनयो ययुः कैलासपर्वतम् । यत्राहमुमया सार्धं सदा तिष्ठामि सत्तमाः ॥ ७१.४७ ॥
tvaṁ khyātiṁ mahatīṁ prāpya muktiṁ yāsyasi śāśvatīm | evam uktvā ’tha munayo yayuḥ kailāsaparvatam | yatrāham umayā sārdhaṁ sadā tiṣṭhāmi sattamāḥ || 71.47 ||
“మహత్తర కీర్తిని పొందిన తరువాత నీవు శాశ్వత మోక్షాన్ని పొందుతావు.” అని చెప్పి మునులు కైలాసపర్వతానికి వెళ్లారు—అక్కడ నేను ఉమాతో కలిసి సదా నివసిస్తాను, ఓ సత్తమా।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit first-person ‘aham’ present but not otherwise attributed in the excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern where sages (munayaḥ) transmit teachings and then relocate to a major sacred landscape (Kailāsa), linking ethical/soteriological promises (mukti) with culturally prominent pilgrimage geographies.
Mount Kailāsa (कैलासपर्वत), a trans-Himalayan sacred mountain traditionally associated with Śiva; in modern scholarship it is commonly identified with the Kailash region in western Tibet (near Lake Manasarovar), though Purāṇic geography is often symbolic as well as locational.
The verse emphasizes the ideal of pursuing lasting liberation (śāśvatī mukti) and portrays sages as exemplars who follow disciplined spiritual trajectories connected to recognized cultural heritage sites.
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