Varaha Purana 171.20: Adhyaya 171, Shloka 20
Śuka’s Ocean Voyage: Adverse Winds, Arrival at a Viṣṇu Shrine, and Aid from the Jaṭāyu Birds
रोमाञ्चिततनुर्जातः शुको वीक्ष्य महागिरिम् ॥ क्रमित्वोर्ध्वं च यात्युग्रं तावद्देवालयं शुभम् ॥
romāñcita-tanur jātaḥ śuko vīkṣya mahāgirim || kramitvordhvaṁ ca yāty ugraṁ tāvad devālayaṁ śubham ||
शुक ने बड़ा पहाड़ा देखा। उसके शरीर में रोमांच आ गया। वो ऊपर चढ़ता गया और जल्दी चलता रहा। तब उसने मंदिर पहुंच गया।
Varāha (default framework; narrative voice not explicitly marked here)
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It documents a common Purāṇic motif: embodied emotion (romāñca) marking encounter with a sacralized landscape and temple architecture.
No specific named mountain or temple is identified in this excerpt.
It suggests reverent attentiveness to sacralized places, expressed through disciplined movement toward a shrine.
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