Varaha Purana 46.12: Adhyaya 46, Shloka 12
The Rite of the Āṣāḍha Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Fast and the Installation (Nyāsa) of the Fourfold Manifestation
उवाच च सुरश्रेष्ठः स्वयं कार्यमिदं सुराः । साधयामि न सन्देहो मर्त्यं गत्वा मनुष्यवत् ॥ ४६.१२ ॥
uvāca ca suraśreṣṭhaḥ svayaṃ kāryam idaṃ surāḥ | sādhayāmi na sandeho martyaṃ gatvā manuṣyavat || 46.12 ||
تب سُرَشریشٹھ نے کہا: “اے دیوتاؤ، یہ کام میں خود انجام دوں گا؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ میں مرتیہ لوک میں جا کر انسان کی طرح عمل کروں گا۔”
Suraśreṣṭha (Foremost of the gods; specific deity not named in this fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative strategy in which a divine figure undertakes action within the human sphere, illustrating how Purāṇas frame cosmic problems as resolvable through deliberate intervention and duty (kārya).
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; it only refers generally to the “mortal realm” (martya).
The verse emphasizes personal responsibility and resolve: the speaker commits to completing a necessary task without doubt, even if it requires entering the human condition (“manuṣyavat”).
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