Varaha Purana 174.2: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 2
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
अत्रैव श्रूयते पूर्वं ब्राह्मणः संशितव्रतः॥ महानामेति विख्यातः स्थितोऽसौ वनमाश्रितः॥
atraiva śrūyate pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśita-vrataḥ || mahānāma iti vikhyātaḥ sthito 'sau vanam āśritaḥ
यहाँ सुनने में आता है कि पुराने ज़माने में एक ब्राह्मण था। उसका नाम महानाम था, और वो काफी मशहूर था। वो व्रत रखता था और जंगल में रहता था।
Varāha (narrative continuation)
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It introduces an exemplum (didactic story) using a named figure, a common Purāṇic method for embedding ethical ideals in narrative form.
The setting is ‘here’ (atra) in the discourse context, and specifically a forest (vana), without a distinct toponym in this verse.
Self-restraint and disciplined vows (vrata) are presented as foundational virtues in the narrative’s moral frame.
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