Varaha Purana 49.5: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 5
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
आसीत्कृतयुगे राजा भद्राश्वो नाम वीर्यवान् । यस्य नाम्नाऽभवद्वर्षं भद्राश्वं नाम नामतः ॥ ४९.५ ॥
āsīt kṛtayuge rājā bhadrāśvo nāma vīryavān | yasya nāmnā ’bhavad varṣaṃ bhadrāśvaṃ nāma nāmataḥ || 49.5 ||
Im Kṛta-Yuga gab es einen kraftvollen König namens Bhadrāśva. Nach seinem Namen wurde auch eine Region (varṣa) benannt und hieß Bhadrāśva.
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic historiographic motif in which regions (varṣas) are explained through eponymous association with notable rulers, offering evidence for ancient Indian place-name theory and cultural memory.
A varṣa (region) named Bhadrāśva is identified; in Purāṇic usage, such names often denote mytho-geographic divisions rather than a single securely mappable modern location.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse functions primarily as a cultural-geographic notice explaining how a territory’s designation is linked to a remembered ruler.
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