Varaha Purana 22.4: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 4
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
भवपत्नी च दुहिता एवं संचिन्त्य सुन्दरी । जगाम तपसे शैलं हिमवन्तं महागिरिम् ॥ २२.४ ॥
bhavapatnī ca duhitā evaṁ saṁcintya sundarī | jagāma tapase śailaṁ himavantaṁ mahāgirim || 22.4 ||
भव की पत्नी यह सब सोच कर पहाड़ पर चली गई। वो भी उनकी बेटी थी, बड़ी सुंदर थी। उसने हिमवंत पहाड़ पर जाकर तपस्या शुरू कर दी।
Varāha (default narrative voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which key figures undertake tapas in culturally significant landscapes; such passages help map how ascetic ideals were linked to renowned regions like the Himalayas in Sanskrit literary memory.
Himavant (Himavān) is identified as the Himalayan mountain range/personified Himalaya; in scholarship it corresponds broadly to the Himalayas as a major North Indian sacred-geographic zone associated with ascetic practice.
The verse foregrounds deliberation (saṁcintya) followed by disciplined practice (tapas), presenting self-restraint and purposeful retreat as a philosophical instruction for transformation through austerity.
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