Varaha Purana 193.43: Adhyaya 193, Shloka 43
Naciketas’ Journey to Yama’s Abode and the Eulogy of Truthfulness
गृहधर्माश्च ये दृष्टा वानप्रस्थाश्च शोभिताः ॥ यतीनां च गतिः शुद्धा ये चान्ये व्रतसंस्थिताः
gṛhadharmāś ca ye dṛṣṭā vānaprasthāś ca śobhitāḥ || yatīnāṁ ca gatiḥ śuddhā ye cānye vratasaṁsthitāḥ
घर में रह के जो काम करते हैं वो सब माने जाते हैं। जंगल में रहनेवाले भी अपना धरम निभाते हैं। संन्यासी लोग भी अपना रास्ता साफ चलाते हैं। जो लोग व्रत रखते हैं वो भी अपनी जगह सही हैं।
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in this fragment)
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It reflects the classical āśrama framework (householder, forest-dweller, renunciant) as a normative ethical taxonomy used widely across Dharma literature and Purāṇic compilations.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment.
It affirms the legitimacy and moral value of disciplined life-paths—household duty, forest-dwelling austerity, and renunciation—especially when grounded in vows and purity of conduct.
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