Varaha Purana 137.14: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 14
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
यच्चेदं भाषसे पुत्र नाहं जानामि तद्वचः ।। पुत्र शिक्षापयिष्यन्ति पौरजानपदास्तव ॥
yac cedaṁ bhāṣase putra nāhaṁ jānāmi tadvacaḥ | putra śikṣāpayiṣyanti paurajānapadās tava ||
बेटा, जो तुम कह रहे हो वो मैं समझता नहीं। तुम्हारे शहर के लोग और गाँव के लोग तुम्हे समझाएंगे।
King of Kaliṅga (contextual continuation)
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It gestures toward civic/community structures (town and countryside) as moral-educational agents, a theme found across Sanskrit nīti and Purāṇic narrative.
No single site is named here; the verse references social geography (townspeople and rural inhabitants) rather than a specific tīrtha.
Personal conduct is framed as accountable to the wider community, with learning and correction mediated by society, not only by family.
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