Varaha Purana 11.41: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 41
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
तस्मिन् स्थापितमात्रे तु मणौ शुद्धसमप्रभे । निश्चेरुर्योषितस्तत्र दिव्यरूपाः सहस्रशः ॥ ११.४१ ॥
tasmin sthāpitamātre tu maṇau śuddhasamaprabhe | niścerur yoṣitas tatra divyarūpāḥ sahasraśaḥ || 11.41 ||
ശുദ്ധസമപ്രഭയോടെ ദീപ്തമായ ആ മണി സ്ഥാപിച്ച ഉടനെ അവിടെ ദിവ്യരൂപിണികളായ സ്ത്രീകൾ ആയിരങ്ങളായി പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു।
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative device: a ritual or material act (placing a jewel) triggers a sudden manifestation, reflecting the genre’s performative cosmology and its literary aesthetics rather than a historical report.
No explicit toponym appears in this verse; the location must be inferred from the surrounding verses of Adhyāya 11 in the manuscript tradition.
The verse primarily functions as narrative description (a wondrous emergence) rather than direct ethical prescription; any ethical framing would depend on the broader episode’s context.
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