Varaha Purana 137.195: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 195
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
प्राप्तो गृध्रवटं तीर्थं विश्रामं तत्र चाकरोट्॥ अथ पश्यति गृध्रं स वटशाखां समाश्रितम्॥
prāpto gṛdhravaṭaṃ tīrthaṃ viśrāmaṃ tatra cākarot || atha paśyati gṛdhraṃ sa vaṭaśākhāṃ samāśritam ||
वो गृध्रवट नाम के तीर्थ तक पहुँच गया। वहाँ उसने आराम किया। तभी उसने देखा कि एक गिद्ध है। वो बरगद के पेड़ की डाल पर बैठा था।
Varāha (default per dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It documents a named tīrtha (Gṛdhravaṭa) and embeds it in a recognizable landscape motif (banyan, bird), typical of Purāṇic mapping of sacred terrains.
Gṛdhravaṭa is identified as a tīrtha; modern identification is not supplied by the fragment and would require comparison with regional tīrtha traditions and manuscript variants.
Indirectly, it frames travel as disciplined and observant—rest, attention to surroundings, and situational awareness within sacred landscapes.
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