Varaha Purana 11.45: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 45
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
नानाविधानि तूर्याणि तत्रावाद्यन्त सर्वशः । मज्जने नृपतेस्तत्र ननृतुश्चान्ययोषितः । अपराश्च जगुस्तत्र शक्रस्येव प्रमज्जतः ॥ ११.४५ ॥
nānāvidhāni tūryāṇi tatrāvādyanta sarvaśaḥ | majjane nṛpates tatra nanṛtuś cānyayoṣitaḥ | aparāś ca jagus tatra śakrasy eva pramajjataḥ || 11.45 ||
वहाँ हर तरफ बजने वाले साज़ थे। राजा के नहाने के टाइम औरतें नाच रही थिन और गाने वाली गा रही थिन। ऐसा लग रहा था जैसे इंद्र खुद नहा रहा हो।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
FAQs
It preserves a literary snapshot of public ceremonial culture—music, dance, and song—framed around a royal ritual bath, reflecting how Purāṇic texts embed social practices within tīrtha and observance narratives.
No specific place-name is given in this verse; it refers generally to “there” (tatra), implying continuity with the location established in surrounding verses of Adhyāya 11.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse emphasizes the cultural framing of ritual acts—presenting communal celebration and reverence around a ceremonial bath as part of an ordered social and ritual life.
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