Varaha Purana 71.10: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 10
Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account
रुद्र उवाच । अस्ति भारतवर्षेण वनं दण्डकसंज्ञितम् । तत्र तीव्रं तपो घोरं गौतमो नाम वै द्विजः ॥ ७१.१० ॥
rudra uvāca | asti bhāratavarṣeṇa vanaṃ daṇḍakasaṃjñitam | tatra tīvraṃ tapo ghoraṃ gautamo nāma vai dvijaḥ || 71.10 ||
रुद्र बोले, भारत में एक जंगल है, दंडक नाम का। वहाँ गौतम नाम का एक ब्राह्मण रहता था। वो बहुत टफ तपस्या करता था।
Rudra
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It situates the narrative within Bhārata-varṣa and introduces Daṇḍaka forest as a recognized cultural-geographic setting in Purāṇic literature, using an ascetic figure (Gautama) to anchor the episode’s authority and moral framing.
Daṇḍaka (Daṇḍakāraṇya), a well-known forest region in Sanskrit sources, commonly associated by modern scholarship with parts of central India—often linked broadly with areas spanning present-day Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, and adjoining regions—though exact boundaries vary across texts.
The verse foregrounds tapas (disciplined austerity) as a model of self-regulation and ethical cultivation, presenting ascetic practice in a forest setting as a culturally valued means of pursuing knowledge, restraint, and moral resolve.
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