Varaha Purana 11.5: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 5
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
करिष्यामि प्रमुच्यन्तां साधु वाह इति द्विजः । एवमुक्त्वा स्थितस्तूष्णीं स मुनिः संशितव्रतः ॥ ११.५ ॥
kariṣyāmi pramucyantāṃ sādhu vāha iti dvijaḥ | evam uktvā sthitas tūṣṇīṃ sa muniḥ saṃśitavrataḥ || 11.5 ||
ദ്വിജൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഞാൻ ചെയ്യും; അവരെ മോചിപ്പിക്കട്ടെ—സാധു, നന്നായി.” ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് കഠിനവ്രതനായ ആ മുനി മൗനമായി നിന്നു।
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif: a disciplined sage authorizes an action and then adopts silence, reflecting ideals of vrata (vowed restraint) and measured speech in Sanskrit literary culture.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment; the line is narrative and focuses on speech and conduct rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds restraint and disciplined conduct: decisive speech followed by silence (tūṣṇīm) as an emblem of self-control and fidelity to one’s vows (saṃśita-vrata).
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