Varaha Purana 49.38 — Adhyaya 49, Shloka 38
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
कथयित्वा पुनर्वाक्यमगस्त्यो नृपसत्तमम् । उवाच पुष्करं यामि पुनरेष्यामि ते गृहम् । एवमुक्त्वा जगामाशु सद्योऽदर्शनतां मुनिः ॥ ४९.३८ ॥
kathayitvā punarvākyam agastyo nṛpasattamam | uvāca puṣkaraṃ yāmi punareṣyāmi te gṛham | evam uktvā jagāmāśu sadyo 'darśanatāṃ muniḥ || 49.38 ||
پھر مزید کلام کہہ کر مُنی اگستیہ نے نرپ شریشٹھ سے کہا— “میں پُشکر جا رہا ہوں؛ پھر لوٹ کر تمہارے گھر آؤں گا۔” یہ کہہ کر وہ مُنی تیزی سے روانہ ہوا اور فوراً ہی نگاہوں سے اوجھل ہو گیا۔
Agastya
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
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Subject Matter: ["Sacred Geography","Narrative Transition","Pilgrimage Networks","Courtly Dialogue"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tīrtha and royal household/court
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 49.49.39-40 (results of Dvādaśī observance that follow this transition); Varāha Purāṇa 50.50.1-2 (Agastya’s return and reception)
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FAQs
It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative device: a sage’s departure to a tīrtha (pilgrimage site) to pivot the storyline, reflecting how sacred-geography traditions were embedded in courtly and didactic dialogues.
Puṣkara—traditionally identified with the Puṣkara region near Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan, widely attested in Sanskrit tīrtha literature as a major pilgrimage landscape.
The verse primarily conveys etiquette and reliability in social relations—clear communication of intent (departing and returning) and respectful address—rather than a direct moral injunction.
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