Varaha Purana 38.27: Adhyaya 38, Shloka 27
The Hunter’s Austerity and the Gaining of Durvāsas’ Favor
तस्य पादौ स्वयं देवी क्षालयन्ती सरिद्वरा । जगाम ह्रादिनी भूत्वा व्याधाश्रमसमीपतः ॥ ३८.२७ ॥
tasya pādau svayaṃ devī kṣālayantī saridvarā | jagāma hrādinī bhūtvā vyādhāśramasamīpataḥ || 38.27 ||
देवी ने खुद दुर्वासा के पैर धोए। वो नदियों में सबसे बड़ी थी। फिर वो ह्रदिनी नदी बन गई और शिकारी के आश्रम के पास चली गई।
Varāha
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It preserves a Purāṇic motif in which a river is personified as a goddess who performs an act of service, reflecting the cultural history of river veneration and tīrtha-oriented sacred geography in early Sanskrit literature.
The verse names the river Hrādinī and places the event near a vyādha-āśrama (hunter’s hermitage). A precise modern identification is not possible from this fragment alone without corroborating manuscript context or regional tīrtha lists.
The passage emphasizes humility and respectful service toward a worthy figure, expressed through the symbolic act of washing the feet, alongside an implicit valuation of rivers as culturally protected and morally significant landscapes.
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