Varaha Purana 2.77: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 77
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
एवमुक्त्वा तिरोभावं गता कन्या नराधिप । अहं तत्र कृतस्नानस् त्वां दिदृक्षुरिहागतः ॥ २.७६ ॥
evam uktvā tirobhāvaṁ gatā kanyā narādhipa | ahaṁ tatra kṛtasnānas tvāṁ didṛkṣur ihāgataḥ || 2.76 ||
এনেদৰে কৈ সেই কন্যা, হে নৰাধিপ! অদৃশ্য হ’ল। তাত স্নান কৰি তোমাক দেখাৰ ইচ্ছাৰে মই ইয়ালৈ আহিছোঁ।
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative technique: a brief report of a supernatural event (a figure’s disappearance) followed by a travel-and-encounter statement, situating ritual action (snāna) within a sacred-geographic storyline.
The verse refers deictically to “there” (tatra) and “here” (iha) without naming a site in this fragment; identification depends on adjacent verses, often within Prayāga-centered sections of Purāṇic pilgrimage literature.
The line foregrounds disciplined practice and respectful seeking—performing purification (snāna) and approaching a ruler/authority for audience—rather than issuing a direct moral injunction in this standalone verse.
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