Varaha Purana 24.33: Adhyaya 24, Shloka 33
The Birth of the Nāgas, Brahmā’s Curse, and the Pañcamī Observance
एतस्यां संयतो यस्तु अम्लं तु परिवर्जयेत् । क्षीरेण स्नापयेन्नागांस्तस्य यास्यन्ति मित्रताम् ॥ २४.३३ ॥
etasyāṃ saṃyato yastu amlaṃ tu parivarjayet | kṣīreṇa snāpayen nāgāṃs tasya yāsyanti mitratām || 24.33 ||
Wer jedoch in dieser Observanz beherrscht ist, Saures meidet und die Nāgas mit Milch badet, zu dem werden jene Nāgas in Freundschaft kommen.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a Purāṇic pattern where ritual restraint (saṃyama) and specific offerings are linked to social or cosmological harmony, here expressed as establishing amicable relations with nāga figures found across early Indian religious literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on a practice (avoidance of sour items and milk-bathing) rather than a site description.
The verse presents disciplined self-restraint and non-indulgence (avoiding sour items) combined with a non-violent, propitiatory act (milk-bathing) as a means to cultivate friendly relations with nāgas—framed as a moral-ritual guideline rather than coercive doctrine.
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