Varaha Purana 214.42: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 42
The Glory of Gokarṇa: Description of Nandikeśvara’s Boon and the Assembly of Deities on Mount Muñjavat
भारद्वाजोऽग्निवेश्यश्च तथा वृद्धपराशरः ॥ मार्कण्डेयोऽङ्गिरा गर्गः संवर्त्तः क्रतुरेव च ॥
bhāradvājo ’gniveśyaś ca tathā vṛddhapārāśaraḥ || mārkaṇḍeyo ’ṅgirā gargaḥ saṃvarttaḥ kratur eva ca ||
भरद्वाज और अग्निवेश्य, और वृद्ध पाराशर भी। मार्कण्डेय, अंगिरा, गर्ग, संवर्त और क्रतु, यह सब रिशि थे।
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It preserves a Purāṇic prosopography: a traditional list of renowned sages used to frame sacred narratives and pilgrimage geography.
No single location is named in this verse; it functions as a roll-call of sages associated with sacred landscapes elsewhere in the chapter.
Implicitly, the verse emphasizes cultural memory and transmission of knowledge through recognized lineages of sages rather than prescribing a direct moral rule.
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