Varaha Purana 38.13: Adhyaya 38, Shloka 13
The Hunter’s Austerity and the Gaining of Durvāsas’ Favor
तस्य चिन्तयतः पात्रमाकाशात् पतितं शुभम् । सौवर्णं सिद्धिसंयुक्तं तज्जग्राह करेण सः ॥ ३८.१३ ॥
tasya cintayataḥ pātram ākāśāt patitaṃ śubham | sauvarṇaṃ siddhisaṃyuktaṃ taj jagrāha kareṇa saḥ || 38.13 ||
जब वो चिंता कर रहा था, अचानक आसमान से एक सोना का बर्तन गिर गया। वो अच्छा था और उसमें खास ताकत थी। उसने हाथ से उठा लिया।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif in which a material object (here, a golden vessel) appears through extraordinary means, reflecting the genre’s interest in ritual implements, auspicious signs, and the literary depiction of legitimizing boons.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it only specifies ākāśa (“the sky/space”) as the source from which the vessel falls.
The verse does not state an explicit ethical injunction; its philosophical implication is the narrative linkage between contemplation (cintā) and the arrival of an auspicious, efficacious instrument (pātra) used within a broader dharma/ritual context.
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