Varaha Purana 137.71: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 71
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
शिरस्यञ्जलिमाधाय श्लक्ष्णमेतदुवाच ह ॥ तत्र सौकरवे तीर्थे चन्द्रमास्त्वामतोषयत्
śirasy añjalim ādhāya ślakṣṇam etad uvāca ha || tatra saukarave tīrthe candramās tvām atoṣayat
„Er legte die gefalteten Hände auf sein Haupt und sprach diese sanften Worte. Dort, am Saukarava-tīrtha, hat der Mond dich wahrlich zufriedengestellt und dir Gunst erwiesen.“
Narrator/Varāha (default; speaker in fragment is ‘he’ within narrative)
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It links a named tīrtha with an astral figure (Candramā), illustrating how sacred geography and cosmological symbolism are interwoven in Purāṇic storytelling.
Saukarava-tīrtha (a named sacred site in the passage; exact modern identification is not determinable from this excerpt alone).
It models respectful speech and gesture (añjali on the head) as part of proper conduct within sacred and dialogic contexts.
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