Varaha Purana 176.11: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 11
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
स्वाश्रमस्थेन दृष्टः स कृमियुक्तः समागतः ॥ कृमयो रोमकूपेभ्यः पतमानाऽनेकशः ॥
svāśramasthena dṛṣṭaḥ sa kṛmiyuktaḥ samāgataḥ || kṛmayo romakūpebhyaḥ patamānā anekaśaḥ
जिस रिशि अपने आश्रम में रहता था, उसने देखा कि एक आदमी कीड़े लेके आया। उसकी स्किन के छेदों से बहुत सारे कीड़े गिर रहे थे।
Narrator (default framework: Varāha → Pṛthivī)
FAQs
It demonstrates a typical Purāṇic technique: vivid corporeal imagery to communicate moral-ritual states, reflecting premodern South Asian narrative pedagogy.
Not named here; the broader unit points toward the Kāliñjara/Trigarteśvara tīrtha setting.
It frames impurity as visible and consequential, preparing for a contrastive lesson on cleansing and transformation through disciplined practice.
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