Varaha Purana 48.2: Adhyaya 48, Shloka 2
The Kalki Dvādaśī Observance and the Episode of King Viśāla
नमोऽस्तु कल्किने पादौ हृषीकेशाय वै कटिम् । म्लेच्छविध्वंसनायेति जगन्मूर्त्ते तथोदरम् ॥ ४८.२ ॥
namo 'stu kalkine pādau hṛṣīkeśāya vai kaṭim | mlecchavidhvaṃsanāyeti jaganmūrtte tathodaram || 48.2 ||
礼敬迦尔吉（Kalkin）——其足；礼敬赫利希凯沙（Hṛṣīkeśa）——其腰；礼敬“摧灭弥勒叉（mleccha）者”；亦复礼敬那以宇宙为形之主的腹部。
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic register of Vaiṣṇava praise using multiple epithets (Kalkin, Hṛṣīkeśa, jaganmūrti) and a body-part homage structure reminiscent of stotra and nyāsa-style devotional diction.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily theological and hymnic.
The verse functions as an invocation of reverence and protective order (dispelling disruptive forces), framed as homage rather than a direct prescriptive ethical rule.
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