Varaha Purana 164.30: Adhyaya 164, Shloka 30
The Efficacy of Circumambulating Annakūṭa
Govardhana
वृषो हतो मया चायमरिष्टः पापपूरुषः ॥ तत्र राधा समाश्लिष्य कृष्णमक्लिष्टकारिणम् ॥
vṛṣo hato mayā cāyamariṣṭaḥ pāpapūruṣaḥ || tatra rādhā samāśliṣya kṛṣṇamakliṣṭakāriṇam ||
मैंने बैल को मारा है। यह अरिष्ट बड़ा पापी इंसान था। वहाँ राधा ने कृष्ण को गले लगाया। कृष्ण जो है, वो कभी कोई बुरा काम नहीं करता।
Varāha (default dialogic frame; reported speech within narrative)
FAQs
It shows how Purāṇic tīrtha-contexts can incorporate devotional narrative elements, linking place-making to character portrayal and moral language.
No explicit place-name appears in this verse, though it situates the scene ‘there’ within the chapter’s tīrtha landscape.
By labeling Ariṣṭa as pāpapūruṣa, the text encodes a moral taxonomy distinguishing harmful agents from the restoration of order.
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