Varaha Purana 171.55: Adhyaya 171, Shloka 55
Śuka’s Ocean Voyage: Adverse Winds, Arrival at a Viṣṇu Shrine, and Aid from the Jaṭāyu Birds
शुश्रूषमाणास्तं वैश्यं यथा स्वपितरं तथा
śuśrūṣamāṇāstaṃ vaiśyaṃ yathā svapitaraṃ tathā
उस वैश्य की सेवा करते थे। जैसे अपने बाप की करते, वैसे ही उसकी करते थे।
Narrator (default Varāha → Pṛthivī framework; specific speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a social-ethical motif common to Sanskrit narrative literature: honoring benefactors/elders with the same care accorded to parents.
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