Varaha Purana 53.15: Adhyaya 53, Shloka 15
The Origin Account of Saptamūrti Svara and the Emergence of Saṃbhūti through Vibhūti
तस्मिन् मथितमात्रे तु शिरस्तस्यापि दुर्ग्रहम् । नालिकेरफलाकारं चतुर्वक्त्रोऽन्वपश्यत ॥ ५३.१५ ॥
tasmin mathitamātre tu śirastas yāpi durgraham | nālikeraphalākāraṃ caturvaktro 'nvapaśyata || 53.15 ||
जैसे ही वो काम हुआ, उसने देखा कि उसका सर भी है। वो सर पकड़ने में मुश्किल था, नारियल जैसा दिखता था। ब्रह्मा जी ने भी उसे देखा।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in the fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic narrative style that uses precise visual similes (here, a coconut-like form) to communicate mythic description, reflecting the broader Sanskrit literary practice of conveying cosmological or extraordinary events through familiar natural imagery.
No specific geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment; the content is descriptive rather than topographical.
The verse primarily functions as narrative description; it does not state a direct ethical injunction, though it contributes to the larger Purāṇic framework where careful observation and accurate description support transmission of cultural memory.
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