Varaha Purana 22.46: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 46
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तत्रोत्सवे पर्वतनारदौ द्वौ जगुश्च सिद्धा ननृतुर्वनस्पतीः । पुष्पाण्यनेकानि विचिक्षिपुः शुभाः ननर्तुरुच्चैः सुरयोषितो भृशम् ॥ २२.४६ ॥
tatrotsave parvata-nāradau dvau jaguś ca siddhā nanṛtur vanaspatīḥ | puṣpāṇy anekāni vicikṣipuḥ śubhāḥ nanartur uccaiḥ surayoṣito bhṛśam || 22.46 ||
उस उत्सव में पर्वत और नारद ने गाना गाया। सिद्ध लोग नाचने लगे। जंगल के पेड़-पौधे भी जैसे नाच रहे हो। बहुत सारे अच्छे फूल उड़ाए गए। देवताओं की औरतें भी ज़ोर से नाच रही थीं, बहुत खुशी में।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a Purāṇic style of utsava-varṇana (festival description), reflecting how sacred sites and communal celebrations were imaginatively framed with music, dance, and auspicious offerings in classical Sanskrit narrative culture.
No specific place-name is given in this verse alone; it refers generally to “that festival” (tatra utsave), implying continuity from the immediately preceding context of the chapter.
The verse does not state an explicit moral rule; implicitly, it valorizes orderly communal celebration linked with auspiciousness and natural abundance (flowers, trees), aligning cultural heritage with a landscape-centered aesthetic.
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