Varaha Purana 188.94: Adhyaya 188, Shloka 94
Section on the Origin and Procedure of Piṇḍa-Rites and Śrāddha: Rules of Mourning Impurity
Aśauca
एवमुक्त्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठो नारदो द्विजतत्तमः ॥ तेजसा द्योतयन्सर्वं गतः शक्रपुरं प्रति ॥
evam uktvā muniśreṣṭho nārado dvijatattamaḥ || tejasā dyotayan sarvaṃ gataḥ śakrapuraṃ prati ||
नारद ने यह कह के निकल लिया। वो रिशियों में बड़े थे। उनकी चमक से सब रोशनी हो गया। वो इंद्र की नगर की तरफ चले गए।
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It preserves a narrative transition marker and a mythic-geographic reference (Śakra’s city), useful for indexing Purāṇic cosmological settings.
Śakrapura, the mythic city of Śakra (Indra), typically identified with Svarga/Amarāvatī in Purāṇic cosmology.
No direct ethical rule is stated; the verse functions as narrative closure and scene transition.
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