Varaha Purana 137.30: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 30
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
एकाकी स्वपते तत्र यत्र कश्चिन्न पश्यति ॥ स तु दीर्घेण कालेन कलिङ्गकुलवर्ध्धनः ॥
ekākī svapate tatra yatra kaścin na paśyati || sa tu dīrgheṇa kālena kaliṅga-kula-varddhanaḥ ||
वो अकेला वहाँ सोता है जहाँ कोई उसे देख नहीं सकता। फिर काफी टाइम बाद उसने कलिंग कुले को बड़ा किया।
Varāha (default—speaker not explicit in the fragment)
FAQs
It blends motif (solitary sleep/hiddenness) with genealogical framing, typical of Purāṇic storytelling that legitimizes lineages through narrative cues.
No new location is named; “tatra/yatra” refers back to the narrative setting already established in the surrounding passage.
Indirectly, it highlights restraint and privacy, while valuing the long-term flourishing of a lineage as a narrative good.
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