Varaha Purana 98.1: Adhyaya 98, Shloka 1
Chapter on the Sacred Hill Episode: Satyatapā and the Marvel of Varāha
अथ पर्वाध्यायः ॥ धरण्युवाच ॥ योऽसौ सत्यतपा नाम लुब्धो भूत्वा द्विजो बभौ ॥ येनारुणिर्व्याघ्रभयाद्रक्षितो यः स्वशक्तितः ॥
atha parvādhyāyaḥ || dharaṇy uvāca || yo'sau satyatapā nāma lubdho bhūtvā dvijo babhau || yenāruṇir vyāghrabhayād rakṣito yaḥ svaśaktitaḥ ||
Pṛthivī sprach: „Jener Brahmane namens Satyatapā—der aus Gier zum Jäger wurde—schützte durch seine eigene Kraft Aruṇi vor der Furcht vor einem Tiger…“
Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)
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It introduces an exemplum-type narrative (a moral biography) common in Purāṇic literature, framing a figure whose social role shifts (dvija to lubdha) yet remains tied to extraordinary capacity and ethical agency.
No specific place-name appears in this verse; the geographic setting is developed later in the chapter in connection with the Himālaya and a riverbank locale.
The verse foregrounds protective action (rakṣā) and personal capability (svaśakti) as markers of virtue, even amid social or occupational transformation.
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