Varaha Purana 11.77: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 77
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
तत्र सज्जा महाशूरा दश पञ्च च संख्यया । नामभिस्तान् महाभागे कथयामि श्रृणुष्व तान् ॥ ११.७८ ॥
tatra sajjā mahāśūrā daśa pañca ca saṃkhyayā | nāmabhis tān mahābhāge kathayāmi śṛṇuṣva tān || 11.78 ||
वहाँ पंद्रह योद्धे थे जो लड़ने के लिए तैयार बैठे थे। ये सब बड़े बहादुर थे। मैं तुम्हे उनके नाम बताता हूँ, सुनो।
Varāha
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic compositional device: introducing a numbered group and then proceeding with an onomastic list, useful for tracing textual catalogues and their transmission across recensions.
No specific toponym is stated in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition (“there…”) leading into a forthcoming list, so geographic identification depends on adjacent verses.
The verse primarily conveys a pedagogical instruction—attentive listening to a structured enumeration—rather than a direct moral injunction.
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