Varaha Purana 22.44: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 44
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
एवं विवाहसामग्रीं कृत्वा शैलवराधिपः । प्रेषयामास रुद्राय समीपं मन्दरं गिरिम् ॥ २२.४४ ॥
evaṁ vivāhasāmagrīṁ kṛtvā śailavarādhipaḥ | preṣayāmāsa rudrāya samīpaṁ mandaraṁ girim || 22.44 ||
शादी का सामान सब सेट कर दिया। पहाड़ का राजा ने ये काम किया। उसने मंदर पहाड़ को भेजा। रुद्र के पास पैघाम पहुँचाई।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
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The verse illustrates Purāṇic narrative technique in which ritual proceedings (here, marriage preparations) are embedded within sacred-geographic settings, reflecting how cultural memory links social rites with named landscapes.
Mandara (Mandara-giri) is named as a mountain locale; in Purāṇic literature it functions as a prominent mythic mountain associated with major narrative cycles, though precise modern identification varies by scholarly tradition.
No direct moral injunction is stated; the verse primarily records procedural action—careful preparation and formal communication—implying norms of orderly conduct and protocol within communal rites.
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