Varaha Purana 193.3: Adhyaya 193, Shloka 3
Naciketas’ Journey to Yama’s Abode and the Eulogy of Truthfulness
प्रायश्चित्तं चरित्वैवमागतो गजसाह्वयम् ॥ उपगम्य महात्मानं जाह्नवीतीरसंश्रयम् ॥
prāyaścittaṃ caritvaivam āgato gajasāhvayam || upagamya mahātmānaṃ jāhnavītīrasaṃśrayam
उसने अपना पाप साफ करने का व्रत पूरा किया। फिर वो गजसाह्वया नाम की जगह पहुंचा। वहां गंगा के किनारे एक बड़े रिशि रहते थे, उनके पास गया।
Narrator (contextual prose/śloka narration; not explicitly marked as dialogue here)
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It situates the narrative within the Purāṇic practice of framing ethical questions through journeys to recognized sacred or culturally marked locations (riverbanks, āśramas) and encounters with authoritative sages.
Jāhnavī refers to the Gaṅgā; “Gajasāhvaya” is a toponym preserved in the text, requiring philological comparison with epic-purāṇic geography for modern identification.
The verse foregrounds prāyaścitta—formal expiation—as a recognized response to moral or ritual transgression within the text’s ethical framework.
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