Varaha Purana 34.8: Adhyaya 34, Shloka 8
Account of the Origin of the Ancestors (Pitṛs) and the Regulations for Śrāddha Offerings
बहिःप्रवरणा ये च क्षत्रियास्तर्पयन्तु तान् । आज्यं पिबन्ति ये चात्र तानर्चयन्तु विषः सदा ॥ ३४.८ ॥
bahiḥpravaraṇā ye ca kṣatriyās tarpayaṃtu tān | ājyaṃ pibanti ye cātra tān arcayantu viśaḥ sadā || 34.8 ||
जिन क्षत्रियों को बहिः-प्रवरणा कहते हैं, वो लोगों को तर्पण करके खुश करें। जो लोग घी पीते हैं, उनकी आम लोग हमेशा इज़्ज़त करें।
Varāha
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of summarizing social and ritual hierarchies through brief prescriptive statements (tarpana/arcana), offering evidence for how later Sanskrit literature framed honor, status, and ritual entitlement.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment; it functions as a social-ritual instruction rather than a tīrtha or landscape reference.
The verse presents a norm of honoring specific social groups through acts of satisfaction (tarpana) and reverence (arcana), emphasizing culturally sanctioned respect expressed via ritualized conduct.
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