Varaha Purana 126.31: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 31
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
पश्यते च ततस्तत्र रममाणं यदृच्छया ॥ नकुलेन सह व्याल्या तदा युद्धमभूच्च तत् ॥११॥ सम्पन्ने ते तु मध्याह्ने माघमासे तु द्वादशीम् ॥ तया स दष्टो नकुलो नाशाय मम मन्दिरे
paśyate ca tatas tatra ramamāṇaṃ yadṛcchayā || nakulena saha vyālyā tadā yuddham abhūc ca tat ||11|| sampūrṇe te tu madhyāhne māghamāse tu dvādaśīm || tayā sa daṣṭo nakulo nāśāya mama mandire
फिर उसने वहाँ देखा कि एक खेलता हुआ जानवर है। अचानक नेवला और साँप में लड़ाई हो गई। यह तब हुआ जब दोपहर थी, माघ महीने की बारहवीं तारीख को। साँप ने नेवला को काट लिया, उसके मंदिर में। वो मरने के करीब था।
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It combines calendrical specificity (Māgha, Dvādaśī) with a sacred-space setting (mandira), features typical of Purāṇic place-legends that anchor ritual time to geography.
No new toponym appears in this segment beyond the continuing site-context; the action is explicitly located “in my shrine (mandire).”
The narrative cautions that chance encounters and aggression can culminate in irreversible harm, especially within culturally protected spaces.
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