Varaha Purana 5.23: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 23
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
अहे भावः सदा ब्रह्मन्नविद्येयं मुमुक्षुणाम् । यात्राप्राणरतं सर्वं जगदेतद्विचेष्टितम् । तत्राहमिति यः शब्दः स साधुत्वं न गच्छति ॥ ५.२३ ॥
ahe bhāvaḥ sadā brahmann avidyeyaṃ mumukṣuṇām | yātrāprāṇarataṃ sarvaṃ jagad etad viceṣṭitam | tatrāham iti yaḥ śabdaḥ sa sādhutvaṃ na gacchati || 5.23 ||
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It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of integrating liberation-oriented (mokṣa) discourse—especially critiques of ego and worldly preoccupation—into narrative scripture, aligning the Varāha Purāṇa with broader medieval Sanskrit ethical-philosophical literature.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is ethical-philosophical rather than sacred geography.
The verse cautions that fixation on worldly maintenance and the self-asserting notion expressed through “I” (ahaṃ) obstructs the cultivation of genuine virtue and the path sought by liberation-oriented practitioners.
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