Varaha Purana 13.2: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 2
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
कोऽसौ गौरमुखः श्रीमान् मुनिः परमधार्मिकः । किं चकार हरेः कर्म दृष्ट्वाऽसौ मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥ १३.२ ॥
ko'sau gauramukhaḥ śrīmān muniḥ paramadhārmikaḥ | kiṁ cakāra hareḥ karma dṛṣṭvā'sau munipuṅgavaḥ || 13.2 ||
সেই গৌৰমুখ নামৰ শ্ৰীমান মুনি, যিজন পৰমধাৰ্মিক—তেওঁ কোন? আৰু হৰিৰ সেই কৰ্ম দেখি, মুনিপুঙ্গৱ তেওঁ কি কৰিলে?
Pṛthivī (default, as speaker not explicit in the fragment)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: an interlocutor frames the next episode through questions about an exemplary sage and the observed actions of Hari, guiding the listener into the ensuing account.
No geographic location is specified in this verse fragment; it functions as a narrative prompt rather than a topographical reference.
The verse foregrounds dharma through the epithet paramadhārmikaḥ, indicating that moral exemplarity (as embodied by the sage) is central to interpreting the narrative that follows.
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