Varaha Purana 38.15: Adhyaya 38, Shloka 15
The Hunter’s Austerity and the Gaining of Durvāsas’ Favor
एवमुक्त्वा ततो भिक्षामटनं व्याधसत्तमः । नातिदूरेण नगरं धनयोषासमन्वितम् ॥ ३८.१५ ॥
evam uktvā tato bhikṣāmaṭanaṁ vyādhasattamaḥ | nātidūreṇa nagaraṁ dhanayoṣāsamanvitam || 38.15 ||
यह कह कर वो शिकारी भिक्षा माँगने निकल गया। दूर ही एक शहर था जहाँ पैसा और औरतें दोनों थे।
Varāha (default narrator-speaker framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif: a character transitions from speech to action (departing on a begging-round), while the city description reflects idealized markers of prosperity used in classical Sanskrit literature.
No specific place-name is given here; the verse only mentions a nearby 'nagara' (city), so modern identification is not possible from this fragment alone.
Implicitly, the verse frames a movement toward bhikṣā (alms-seeking), a theme often associated with restraint, dependence on social reciprocity, and the moral economy of giving—without stating a direct injunction in this line.
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