The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ पञ्चानां तु कनिष्ठो यः पञ्चालो ब्राह्मणात्मजः ॥ वाणिज्यभाण्डमादाय समूहस्य प्रसङ्गतः
śrīvarāha uvāca | pañcānāṃ tu kaniṣṭho yaḥ pañcālo brāhmaṇātmajaḥ | vāṇijyabhāṇḍam ādāya samūhasya prasaṅgataḥ ||
वराह ने कहा, पाँच भाइयों में सबसे छोटा था पंचाला। वो ब्राह्मिन का बेटा था। उसने सामान उठाया और एक धंधे वाले ग्रुप के साथ मिल गया।
Varāha
It preserves a narrative motif where Brahmin-identified characters participate in commerce, useful for studying social ideals and economic imagination in Purāṇic literature.
No location is named in this verse; it introduces the protagonist and his association with a group.
Implicitly, it frames livelihood and association (saṅga) as shaping one’s trajectory, though no explicit moral injunction is stated.
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