Varaha Purana 69.35: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 35
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
एवमुक्तः स भगवात् मया । असौ मुनिपुङ्गवः । प्राह मह्यं यथावृत्तं यत् तु राजेन्द्र तच्छृणु ॥ ६९.३५ ॥
evam uktaḥ sa bhagavāt mayā, asau munipuṅgavaḥ | prāha mahyaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ yat tu rājendra tac chṛṇu || 69.35 ||
میرے یوں کہنے پر اُس مُنی پُنگَو نے جو کچھ واقع ہوا تھا مجھے بتایا اور کہا: “اے راجندر، اسے سنو۔”
Varāha (narrative voice; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: legitimizing the account through a respected sage and signaling an authoritative transmission of events within a royal listening context.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition introducing an account (“what happened”).
Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse emphasizes disciplined listening and faithful reporting—values associated with careful reception and transmission of knowledge.
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