Varaha Purana 11.39: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 39
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
मज्जनाभ्यवहारार्थं पथि श्रमकृते तथा । विलासिनीस्तथा दासान् प्रेषयिष्यामि ते नृप ॥ ११.३९ ॥
majjanābhyavahārārthaṃ pathi śramakṛte tathā | vilāsinīs tathā dāsān preṣayiṣyāmi te nṛpa || 11.39 ||
“സ്നാനത്തിനും ആഹാരത്തിനും, വഴിയിലെ ക്ഷീണം അകറ്റുന്നതിനുമായി, ഹേ നൃപാ, ഞാൻ നിനക്കു വേശ്യകളെയും ദാസന്മാരെയും അയയ്ക്കാം।”
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It reflects a courtly idiom of hospitality and travel provisioning—bathing, food, and attendants—useful for comparing Purāṇic narrative style with broader Sanskrit political and social discourse.
No specific place-name appears in this verse; it is framed as general travel context (“on the road,” pathi).
The verse primarily conveys pragmatic counsel about ensuring comfort and support during travel, emphasizing provisioning and attendance rather than a direct moral injunction.
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