Varaha Purana 69.12: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 12
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
तस्यां तु कन्याः शतशो हेमकुम्भकराः शुभाः । आययुस्तमथो दृष्ट्वा स मुनिः प्राह मां नृप ॥ ६९.१२ ॥
tasyāṃ tu kanyāḥ śataśo hemakumbhakarāḥ śubhāḥ | āyayus tam atho dṛṣṭvā sa muniḥ prāha māṃ nṛpa || 69.12 ||
Dort kamen wahrlich Hunderte glückverheißender Jungfrauen herbei, die goldene Krüge in den Händen trugen. Als er sie sah, sprach jener Muni zu mir, o König.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; verse reports speech by a muni)
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It reflects Purāṇic narrative conventions that depict courtly or ritual scenes (processions, attendants, auspicious vessels) and uses them to frame dialogue between political authority (the king) and ascetic authority (the sage).
No specific toponym is provided in this isolated verse; the location remains referential (“in that place”) and must be identified from surrounding verses in Adhyāya 69.
The verse primarily sets a respectful communicative frame: a sage speaks to a king after a formal encounter, emphasizing ordered social interaction rather than a direct ethical injunction in this line alone.
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