Varaha Purana 138.61: Adhyaya 138, Shloka 61
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
पुष्पितानि कदम्बानि कुटजार्ज्जुनकानि च ॥ एवं दुःखमनुप्राप्ता स्त्रियो या रहिताः प्रियैः
puṣpitāni kadambāni kuṭajā'rjjunakāni ca || evaṁ duḥkham anuprāptā striyo yā rahitāḥ priyaiḥ
कदम्ब के पेड़ फूल गए। अर्जुन और कुटज के पेड़ भी फूल गए। पर जो औरतें अपने प्यारों से दूर थी, उनको दुख हो गया।
Varāha (default framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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It combines botanical-seasonal description with social emotion, offering evidence for how Sanskrit narrative literature links ecological cues (flowering seasons) with human experience.
No explicit location is named; the verse provides an ecological scene through identifiable flora rather than a toponym.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse foregrounds empathy for separation and suffering, using the natural world as a narrative backdrop.
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