Varaha Purana 193.12: Adhyaya 193, Shloka 12
Naciketas’ Journey to Yama’s Abode and the Eulogy of Truthfulness
तस्य पुत्रो महातेजा योगमास्थाय बुद्धिमान् ॥ नाचिकेत इति ख्यातः सर्ववेदाङ्गतत्त्ववित् ॥
tasya putro mahātejā yogam āsthāya buddhimān || nāciketa iti khyātaḥ sarvavedāṅgatattvavit
उसका बेटा बड़ा तेज था। नाम था नचिकेता। उसने योग किया और वो भी सारे वेद और शास्त्र जानता था।
Sūta (continuing the exemplar narrative)
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By invoking Nāciketa, the text aligns its afterlife-and-ethics discussion with a well-known Sanskrit intellectual motif associated with inquiries into death and moral knowledge.
No geographic location is specified; the verse introduces a character and his disciplined learning.
It presents yoga (disciplined practice) and knowledge as formative virtues, implying that ethical clarity is cultivated through training and study.
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