Varaha Purana 7.17: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 17
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
अधीश्वरो नाम परः पिता ऽस्य कृष्णो वृत्त्या कर्मणा चापि कृष्णः । एतेन कृष्णेन हताः पुरा वै जन्मन्यनेके ऋषयः पुराणाः ॥ ७.१७ ॥
adhīśvaro nāma paraḥ pitā ’sya kṛṣṇo vṛttyā karmaṇā cāpi kṛṣṇaḥ | etena kṛṣṇena hatāḥ purā vai janmany aneke ṛṣayaḥ purāṇāḥ || 7.17 ||
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Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It illustrates a Purāṇic technique of nāma-nirukti (name-explanation) and theological genealogy, linking an epithet (Kṛṣṇa) to character (vṛtti) and deeds (karma), a common strategy in Purāṇic redaction and sectarian memory.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; it is primarily concerned with naming, lineage, and a past narrative event (a prior birth/incarnation).
The verse does not present a direct prescriptive ethic; its philosophical instruction is descriptive—emphasizing that identity and reputation are framed through disposition and actions (vṛtti and karma).
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