Varaha Purana 126.37: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 37
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
व्याली प्राग्ज्योतिषे जाता राजपुत्री यशस्विनी ॥ नकुलोऽजायत तदा कोसलेषु जनाधिपः ॥
vyālī prāgjyotiṣe jātā rājaputrī yaśasvinī || nakulo 'jāyata tadā kosaleṣu janādhipaḥ ||
व्याली नाम की एक राजकुमारी थी, वो प्राग्ज्योतिष में पैदा हुई। उसी वक्त नकुल नाम का एक राजा हुआ, वो कोसल में पैदा हुआ।
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It preserves Purāṇic-style regional memory by linking named figures with major toponyms (Prāgjyotiṣa and Kosala), a common method for encoding cultural geography and lineage tradition.
Prāgjyotiṣa (often associated in scholarship with the Assam/Kāmarūpa cultural sphere) and Kosala (commonly linked with the Ayodhyā region in North India, depending on textual context).
The verse is primarily descriptive (genealogical/geographic) rather than prescriptive; its philosophical function is to situate human actors within a remembered landscape and polity.
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