Varaha Purana 47.8: Adhyaya 47, Shloka 8
The Rite of Śrāvaṇa Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī (Dāmodara Worship) and the Exemplum of King Nṛga
पुरा कृतयुगे राजा नृगो नाम महाबलः । बभ्राम स वनं घोरं मृगयासक्तमानसः ॥ ४७.८ ॥
purā kṛtayuge rājā nṛgo nāma mahābalaḥ | babhrāma sa vanaṃ ghoraṃ mṛgayāsaktamānasaḥ || 47.8 ||
पहले के टाइम में क्रिता युग में एक राजा था जिसका नाम नृग था। वो बहुत ताकतवाला था। उसका मन शिकार में लगा रहता था। एक बार वो एक डरावना जंगल में घूमने चला गया।
Varāha (default narrative voice, speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It introduces a Puranic exemplum centered on King Nṛga, using an archaic-yuga setting (Kṛta Yuga) to frame moral and social reflection typical of Purāṇic narrative historiography.
No specific named site is given here; the verse mentions a generic 'ghora vana' (a formidable forest), functioning as a narrative setting rather than a clearly identifiable historical geography.
Implicitly, it signals scrutiny of a ruler’s attachment (āsakti) to hunting—an attachment that can lead one into danger or moral complication—setting up an ethical evaluation in subsequent verses.
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