Varaha Purana 171.61: Adhyaya 171, Shloka 61
Śuka’s Ocean Voyage: Adverse Winds, Arrival at a Viṣṇu Shrine, and Aid from the Jaṭāyu Birds
एवं वसन्स गोकर्णो द्वीपस्थः शोकविह्वलः ॥ शुकं प्रोवाच दीनात्मा मातापित्रोः कृते तदा
evaṃ vasansa gokarṇo dvīpasthaḥ śokavihvalaḥ || śukaṃ provāca dīnātma mātāpitroḥ kṛte tadā
गोकर्ण एक आईलैंड पर रहता था, बहुत दुखी था। उसने शुक से बात की। दिल से उदास था, अपनी माँ पापा के लिए बोला।
Narrator (default Varāha → Pṛthivī framework; specific speaker not explicit in excerpt)
FAQs
It illustrates how Purāṇic narratives link travel/space (dvīpa) with interior states (śoka) and familial obligation, a common structuring device in classical storytelling.
A dvīpa (island) is mentioned, but it is not named; it functions as a narrative-geographic setting rather than a precise modern location.
Even amid grief, action is oriented toward responsibility to parents (mātāpitroḥ kṛte).
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