Varaha Purana 38.3: Adhyaya 38, Shloka 3
The Hunter’s Austerity and the Gaining of Durvāsas’ Favor
बुभुक्षितस्तरोः पर्णमैच्छद् भक्षितुमन्तिकात् । इत्येवं कुर्वतो व्योम्नि वागुवाचाशरीरिणी ॥ ३८.३ ॥
bubhukṣitas taroḥ parṇam aicchad bhakṣitum antikāt | ityevaṁ kurvato vyomni vāg uvāca aśarīriṇī || 38.3 ||
भूख से उसने पेड़ का पत्था खाना चाहा। तब आसमान से एक आवाज़ आई। कोई दिखता नहीं था, सिर्फ आवाज़ थी।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in fragment)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative device—an aśarīriṇī vāk (incorporeal voice)—used to introduce a moral or doctrinal instruction, reflecting the didactic style of early medieval Sanskrit compendia.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is set generally “in the sky” (vyomni) as the source-location of the voice, a conventional narrative marker rather than a mappable site.
The verse itself sets up an ethical intervention: an impending act driven by hunger is interrupted by a disembodied admonition, signaling that the following passage likely frames restraint, right conduct, or proper use of living resources.
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