Varaha Purana 187.70: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 70
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
भयं तीव्रं प्रपश्यामि मुनिशापात्सुदारुणात् ॥ नारद उवाच ॥ न बेतव्यं द्विजश्रेष्ठ पितरं शरणं व्रज
bhayaṁ tīvraṁ prapaśyāmi muniśāpāt sudāruṇāt || nārada uvāca || na bhetavyaṁ dvijaśreṣṭha pitaraṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
मुझे बहुत डर लग रहा है। रिशि की शाप बहुत भारी है। नारद ने कहा, डरो मत। पितरों के पास जाओ, वो तुम्हे बचाएंगे।
Nārada (explicit: “nārada uvāca”)
FAQs
It illustrates Purāṇic narrative mechanisms where ‘curse’ functions as a moral-ritual regulator, and where recourse to Pitṛ frameworks is presented as a stabilizing corrective within tradition.
No geographic location is identified in this verse.
Do not act from panic; seek resolution through established channels of ritual and moral order—here expressed as taking refuge in the Pitṛ tradition.
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