Varaha Purana 146.3: Adhyaya 146, Shloka 3
The Greatness of Hṛṣīkeśa at Rurukṣetra: The Origin Narrative of Ruru and the Sacred Site
रुरुषण्डमिति प्रोक्तं यत्त्वया परमार्चितम् ॥ रुरुर्नाम कथं को वा आसीत्पूर्वं जनार्दन ॥
ruruṣaṇḍam iti proktaṁ yat tvayā paramārcitam | rurur nāma kathaṁ ko vā āsīt pūrvaṁ janārdana ||
നീ ഇതിനെ ‘രുരുഷണ്ഡ’ എന്നു പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ച് പരമമായി ആരാധിച്ചു. എന്നാൽ ജനാർദനേ, ‘രുരു’ എന്ന പേര് എങ്ങനെ വന്നു? മുൻകാലത്ത് രുരു ആരായിരുന്നു?
Dharā / Pṛthivī
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It preserves an onomastic prompt—asking how a site acquired its name—typical of Purāṇic literature that encodes local histories and legendary etiologies.
Ruruṣaṇḍa is referenced as a named sacred locale within the Rurukṣetra/Hṛṣīkeśa narrative frame.
It promotes inquiry as a method of cultural preservation: asking about origins safeguards the continuity of place-based knowledge.
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