Varaha Purana 165.11: Adhyaya 165, Shloka 11
The Glory of Mathurā: The Account of Piṇḍa-Offering at the Catuḥsāmudrika Well
कदाचिद्दैवयोगेन तत्र सार्थ उपागतः ॥ तस्य मध्ये तु वणिजो मथुरायां विनिःसृताः ॥
kadācid daivayogena tatra sārtha upāgataḥ | tasya madhye tu vaṇijo mathurāyāṃ viniḥsṛtāḥ ||
कभी-कभी दौर-ए-तक़दीर से वहाँ एक कारवाँ आ गया। उसमें कुछ सौदागर थे जो मथुरा से निकले थे।
Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in this fragment)
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The mention of a sārtha (caravan) and Mathurā foregrounds mobility and mercantile networks, common social realities that Purāṇic texts use as settings for moral narrative and supernatural encounter.
Mathurā is a major North Indian urban center of antiquity; in modern scholarship it corresponds to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, India.
The verse introduces contingency (“daivayoga”) as a narrative device, preparing the reader to consider how chance encounters can precipitate ethical testing.
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