Varaha Purana 6.24: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 24
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
सद्यो मृतश्च विप्रेन्द्रस्त्वं च राजन् मुदा युतः । हरिणोऽयं हत इति यावत् पश्यसि पार्थिव । तावन्मृगवपुर्विप्रो मृतः प्रस्त्रवणे गिरौ ॥ ६.२४ ॥
sadyo mṛtaś ca viprendras tvaṃ ca rājan mudā yutaḥ | hariṇo 'yaṃ hata iti yāvat paśyasi pārthiva | tāvan mṛgavapur vipro mṛtaḥ prastravaṇe girau || 6.24 ||
Der vornehmste Brāhmaṇa starb sogleich; und auch du, o König, von Freude erfüllt, schautest hin und dachtest: „Dieser Hirsch ist erlegt“, o Herrscher. Indessen lag jener Brāhmaṇa, dessen Gestalt die eines Hirsches war, tot in Prastravaṇa am Berge.
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: a moralized episode (here, a hunt) that links human action, misrecognition, and consequence, while also anchoring the story to a named landscape feature.
Prastravaṇa is named as a mountain locale (girau). In many Purāṇic and epic contexts, such names function as sacred-geographic markers; precise modern identification varies by scholarly tradition and requires cross-textual comparison.
The verse highlights the ethical risk of harm caused by misperception and impulsive action (here framed through hunting), emphasizing attentiveness to the true nature and status of living beings.
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