Varaha Purana 215.24: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 24
Description of the Māhātmya of Gokarṇeśvara and Jaleśvara (Śaileśvara) in the Śleṣmātaka Forest
चारुवक्त्राक्षिदशनं पृष्ठतः शुक्लबिन्दुभिः ॥ शुक्लेनोदरभागेन राजतैरुपशोभितम् ॥
cāruvaktrākṣidaśanaṁ pṛṣṭhataḥ śuklabindubhiḥ || śuklenodarabhāgena rājatair upaśobhitam ||
उसका चेहरा, आँखें और दाँत अच्छे लग रहे थे। उसकी पीठ पर सफेद दाग थे। उसका पेट भी सफेद था और चमक रहा था।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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Such descriptive passages reflect the Purāṇic use of vivid physical imagery to make ethical or cosmological narratives memorable in oral-aural transmission.
No specific location is named; the verse focuses on physical characterization.
The passage prepares an evaluative contrast between outward beauty and subsequent action/intent within the narrative.
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