Varaha Purana 53.11: Adhyaya 53, Shloka 11
The Origin Account of Saptamūrti Svara and the Emergence of Saṃbhūti through Vibhūti
मदीयस्य पितुर्ये हि गुणा आसन् महात्मनः । न ते सम्प्रति दृश्यन्ते स्वारापत्येषु केषुचित् ॥ ५३.११ ॥
madīyasya pitur ye hi guṇā āsan mahātmanaḥ | na te samprati dṛśyante svārāpatyeṣu keṣucit || 53.11 ||
मेरे पिताजी में जो अच्छी बातें थी, वो बड़े लोगों वाली बातें। अब उनकी अपनी औलाद में किसी में वो बातें नहीं दिखती।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit attribution not present in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical motif: the perceived decline of virtues across generations, used to frame moral instruction and social memory within classical Sanskrit narrative traditions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is genealogical and ethical rather than topographical.
The verse foregrounds the importance of preserving inherited virtues (guṇas) and warns that moral qualities may diminish in descendants without conscious cultivation.
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