Varaha Purana 164.41: Adhyaya 164, Shloka 41
The Efficacy of Circumambulating Annakūṭa
Govardhana
स्नातस्तत्र तदा कृष्णो वृषं हत्वा महासुरम् ॥ वृषहत्यासमायुक्तः कृष्णश्चिन्तान्वितोऽभवत् ।
snātas tatra tadā kṛṣṇo vṛṣaṃ hatvā mahāsuram || vṛṣahat yāsamāyuktaḥ kṛṣṇaś cintānvito 'bhavat |
कृष्ण ने वहाँ नहा लिया। फिर उसने वृष नाम का बड़ा असुर मारा। लेकिन उसको लगा कि उसने बैल मारा है, इस पाप का बोझ उसपर पड़ गया। वो बहुत परेशान हो गया।
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It shows how Purāṇic texts integrate tīrtha settings with narrative ethics, using mythic episodes to frame questions of impurity, responsibility, and remediation.
The verse says ‘there’ (tatra), referring back to the Govardhana-region tīrthas described earlier in the chapter.
Even justified violence in narrative contexts is treated as ethically complex; the text models reflection (cintā) and the search for purification or resolution.
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