Varaha Purana 5.54: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 54
Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa
सम्यङ्मनस्यर्पितवानहं ते यदा सुदृश्यं स्वतनौ नु तत्त्वम् । न चान्यदस्तॊति मतिः स्थिरा मे यतस्ततो मावतु शुद्धभावम् ॥ ५.५४ ॥
samyag-manasy arpitavān ahaṁ te yadā sudṛśyaṁ sva-tanau nu tattvam | na cānyad astoti matiḥ sthirā me yatas tato māvatu śuddha-bhāvam || 5.54 ||
เมื่อข้าพเจ้าถวายจิตใจแด่พระองค์โดยชอบแล้ว ตัตตวะคือสภาวะจริงก็ปรากฏชัดในกายของข้าพเจ้าเอง ปัญญาของข้าพเจ้ามั่นคงว่าไม่มีสิ่งอื่น ดังนั้นขอให้ภาวะอันบริสุทธิ์นั้นคุ้มครองข้าพเจ้าจากทุกทิศ
Pṛthivī (defaulted per dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic mode of instruction where inner discipline (dedicating the mind) is presented as a means to direct apprehension of tattva (“principle/reality”), illustrating the text’s synthesis of devotional language with philosophical claims.
No specific geographic or pilgrimage location is named in this verse fragment; the focus is internalized realization rather than sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes disciplined mental dedication and the cultivation of stable understanding (sthirā matiḥ), presenting purity of disposition (śuddha-bhāva) as something to be safeguarded through steadfast insight.
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