Varaha Purana 137.131: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 131
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
दीयते चेच्छिरोऽभ्यङ्गः कथं तिष्ठति वेदना ॥ किमेतद्गोपितं भद्रे मयि तन्न निवेदितम्
dīyate cec chiro-'bhyaṅgaḥ kathaṃ tiṣṭhati vedanā || kim etad gopitaṃ bhadre mayi tan na niveditam
अगर सर पे तेल मालिश हो रही है, तो दर्द कैसे रह गया? यह बात तुमने मुझसे क्यों छुपाई? मुझे बता क्यों नहीं दिया?
Varāha (default instructor voice in dialogue)
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It shows how care practices (abhyanga) and diagnostic reasoning appear in Purāṇic dialogue, offering material for the study of everyday therapeutics in literary sources.
No location is named in this verse; the immediate narrative unit elsewhere references Somatīrtha.
It promotes truthful disclosure and careful reporting in contexts of care, implying that withholding information obstructs effective remedy.
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