Varaha Purana 41.27: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 27
Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying
तथा वर्षे व्यतिक्रान्ते वीरधन्वा महीपतिः । तत्राजगाम यस्मिंस्ते चरन्ति मृगरूपिणः ॥ ४१.२७ ॥
tathā varṣe vyatikrānte vīradhanvā mahīpatiḥ | tatrājagāma yasmiṁs te caranti mṛgarūpiṇaḥ || 41.27 ||
Dann, als ein Jahr verstrichen war, kam König Vīradhanvā an jenen Ort, wo sie — in Hirschgestalt — umherstreiften.
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: marking time (a year elapsing) to transition into a new episode involving royal movement and a consequential encounter.
The verse refers to an unspecified ‘there’ (tatra) and ‘where’ (yasmin) without naming a site; identification depends on surrounding verses in Adhyāya 41.
No explicit ethical injunction is stated here; the verse primarily functions as narrative linkage, introducing a king’s arrival at a place associated with deer-formed beings.
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