The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
दुर्भिक्षपीडिते राष्ट्रे गतौ तौ दक्षिणापथम् ॥ नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले ब्राह्मणानां पुरोत्तमे ॥
durbhikṣapīḍite rāṣṭre gatau tau dakṣiṇāpatham || narmadādakṣiṇe kūle brāhmaṇānāṁ purottame ||
जब देश में बड़ा अकाल पड़ा, तो दोनों लोग दक्षिण पथ से चले गए। वो नर्मदा नदी के दक्षिण किनारे एक ब्राह्मण गाँव में पहुँचे।
Varāha (default dialogue framework)
It preserves a narrative memory of famine-driven mobility and references Dakṣiṇāpatha, aiding research into how Purāṇas map social movement onto Indian geography.
Narmadā river and Dakṣiṇāpatha are explicitly mentioned; the ‘foremost Brahmin settlement’ is not named here but indicates a recognized regional center.
Indirectly, it frames resilience and relocation amid hardship; the verse is mainly descriptive rather than prescriptive.
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