Varaha Purana 11.60: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 60
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
स तत्र राजा विससर्ज भूभृतः स्वयं सभृत्यानपि सर्वतो गृहान् । गतेषु सुष्वाप वरस्त्रिया वृतः सुरेशवत्स्वर्गगतः प्रतापवान् ॥ ११.६१ ॥
sa tatra rājā visasarja bhūbhṛtaḥ svayaṃ sabhṛtyān api sarvato gṛhān | gateṣu suṣvāpa varastriyā vṛtaḥ sureśavat svargagataḥ pratāpavān || 11.61 ||
राजा ने वहाँ सब लोगों को उनके घर भेज दिया। अपने सेवकों को भी साथ ले के सब तरफ से घरों वापस कर दिए। जब सब चले गए, तो वो बहादुर राजा एक अच्छी औरत के साथ सो गया। ऐसा लगा जैसे वो स्वर्ग में पहुँच गया हो, भगवान जैसा बन गया।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative register where idealized kingship (as bhūbhṛt, ‘protector of the land’) is linked with posthumous reward imagery (svarga-gamana), illustrating how political authority and moral reputation are framed in Sanskrit literary culture.
No specific toponym or pilgrimage geography is named in this verse; it is framed as a courtly/narrative scene (“tatra”, ‘there’) without an identifiable location marker.
Implicitly, the verse upholds the ideal of orderly royal conduct—dismissal of dependents/households and controlled private retreat—paired with the broader Purāṇic theme that valor and proper conduct are associated with elevated posthumous status.
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