Varaha Purana 126.44: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 44
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
मयापि विषदिग्धेन निहता च भुजंगमा ॥ उभौ प्राणान्परित्यज्य उभौ पञ्चत्वमागतौ ॥
mayāpi viṣadigdhena nihatā ca bhujaṃgamā || ubhau prāṇān parityajya ubhau pañcatvam āgatau ||
मैंने भी ज़हर लगाए हथियार से उस साँप को मारा। दोनों ने अपनी जान छोड़ी। दोनों मर गए।
Varāha (default dialogue frame; first-person narration)
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The idiom pañcatva reflects a widespread Sanskrit way of describing death as dissolution into elemental constituents, useful for comparative studies of Indic mortality language.
No geographic toponym is stated in this verse.
It highlights the finality and mutual destructiveness of violent escalation; the narrative frames death as an impersonal return to elements.
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