Varaha Purana 20.8: Adhyaya 20, Shloka 8
The Birth of the Aśvins: Solar Lineage, Saṃjñā and Chāyā, and the Granting of a Hymn and Boons
तस्य तेजोऽप्यसहती बभूवाश्वी मनोजवा । स्वां छायां तत्र संस्थाप्य सा जगमोत्तरान् कुरून् ॥ २०.८ ॥
tasya tejo 'py asahatī babhūvāśvī manojavā | svāṁ chāyāṁ tatra saṁsthāpya sā jagamottarān kurūn || 20.8 ||
उसकी चमक सहन नहीं हुई, तो वो घोड़ी बन गई। अपनी परछाई वहाँ छोड़ के वो उत्तर कुरु चली गई।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a Purāṇic narrative motif—flight from overpowering tejas (radiance) and mythic transformation—while also naming Uttara-Kuru, a key toponym in classical Sanskrit cosmography used by multiple textual traditions.
Uttara-Kuru (Northern Kurus), a mytho-geographic region in Sanskrit cosmographical literature, typically located conceptually to the far north and treated as an exemplary or otherworldly land rather than a straightforward modern cartographic site.
The verse does not state a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical implication centers on limits and adaptation—when confronted with overwhelming force (tejas), the agent responds through transformation and strategic withdrawal.
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