Varaha Purana 167.2: Adhyaya 167, Shloka 2
The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation
पृथिव्युवाच ॥ किमर्थं राक्षसेनोक्ता संज्ञा विश्रान्तिसंज्ञिता ॥ किमर्थं पृष्टवान्विप्रः सर्वं कथय मे प्रभो ॥
pṛthivī uvāca || kimarthaṃ rākṣasenoktā saṃjñā viśrāntisaṃjñitā || kimarthaṃ pṛṣṭavān vipraḥ sarvaṃ kathaya me prabho ||
পৃথিৱীয়ে ক’লে: “ৰাক্ষসে কোৱা যি সংজ্ঞা ‘বিশ্ৰান্তি’ (বিশ্ৰাম) বুলি কিয় কোৱা হয়? আৰু বিপ্ৰই এই বিষয়ে কিয় সুধিলে? হে প্ৰভু, মোক সকলো কথা কওক।”
Pṛthivī
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It exemplifies the Purāṇic dialogic method in which a personified entity (Pṛthivī) prompts an explanatory narrative, a common technique for embedding ethical and geographic lore.
No location is specified in this verse; it functions as a question introducing a narrative explanation.
The verse foregrounds inquiry and clarification—ethical teaching is prepared through careful definition of terms and reasons (kimartham).
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