Varaha Purana 28.7: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 7
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
ततः कालेन महता नदी वेत्रवती शुभा । मानुषं रूपमास्थाय सालङ्कारं मनोरमम् । आजगाम यतो राजा तेपे परमकं तपः ॥ २८.७ ॥
tataḥ kālena mahatā nadī vetravatī śubhā | mānuṣaṁ rūpam āsthāya sālankāraṁ manoramam | ājagāma yato rājā tepe paramakaṁ tapaḥ || 28.7 ||
बहुत टाइम बाद, वेत्रवती नाम की नदी आई। यह नदी अच्छी मानी जाती थी। उसने इंसान का रूप लिया, बिल्कुल सज-धज के। वो वहाँ गई जहाँ राजा बड़ा तपस्या कर रहा था।
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It preserves a Purāṇic motif where a named river (Vetravatī) is treated as a culturally significant landscape entity, reflecting how sacred geography was narrated and remembered in Sanskrit textual traditions.
The river Vetravatī is identified; in historical-geographical scholarship it is commonly associated with the Betwa River (Vetravatī) in central India, though precise identifications can vary by textual context.
The verse foregrounds tapaḥ (disciplined austerity) as a valued ethical practice and frames rivers as worthy of reverent attention, aligning with a cultural-heritage perspective that treats natural waterscapes as significant and protectable.
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