Varaha Purana 138.5: Adhyaya 138, Shloka 5
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
अकामान्म्रियमाणस्य मानुषत्वमजायत ॥ किं वान्यद्वृत्तमाख्याहि क्षेत्रे सौकरवेऽमले।
akāmān mriyamāṇasya mānuṣatvam ajāyata || kiṃ vānyad vṛttam ākhyāhi kṣetre saukarave 'male
जब कोई बिना इच्छा मरे, वो फिर से इंसान बना। इस सौकरव क्षेत्र में और क्या हुआ, वो भी बताओ। यह जगह बहुत साफ है।
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It reflects Purāṇic discussions of death, intention, and post-mortem outcomes, framed within the sanctifying context of a kṣetra.
Saukārava-kṣetra is explicitly named as the setting for noteworthy events; the verse does not provide further topographic markers.
It foregrounds the role of intention (kāma/akāma) and context (kṣetra) in evaluating actions and outcomes, inviting careful moral reflection rather than simplistic causality.
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