Varaha Purana 16.19: Adhyaya 16, Shloka 19
The Account of Saramā: Indra’s Restoration after Loss of Sovereignty
पिबस्वैवमिति प्रोक्ता तस्यै तद्ददुरञ्जसा । दत्त्वा तु क्षीरपानं तु तस्यै ते दैत्यानायकाः ॥ १६.१९ ॥
pibasvaivam iti proktā tasyai tad dadur añjasā | dattvā tu kṣīrapānaṃ tu tasyai te daityanāyakāḥ || 16.19 ||
उसको बोला, 'यह दूध पी ले।' दैत्य लोगों ने जल्दी से उसको दूध दिया। वो लोग बड़े दैत्य सरदार थे, उन्होंने उसको दूध पिला दिया।
Varāha (default narrative framework; explicit speaker not stated in this fragment)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: brief quoted speech followed by concise action, useful for studying how dialogue and immediacy are encoded in Sanskrit epic–Purāṇic prose-verse storytelling.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is an episode focused on an interpersonal action (offering milk) rather than sacred geography.
The verse primarily records an action rather than a direct moral injunction; indirectly, it reflects a cultural norm of providing sustenance in response to a request or instruction within the narrative setting.
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