Varaha Purana 148.38: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 38
The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline
ब्रुवन्ति केचित्कांस्येति आयसीत्यपरेऽब्रुवन् ॥ पाषाणीत्यपरे केचिदन्ये वज्रमयीति च ॥
bruvanti kecit kāṁsyeti āyasīty apare 'bruvan || pāṣāṇīty apare kecid anye vajramayīti ca
ചിലർ അത് കാംസ്യമാണെന്ന് പറയുന്നു; മറ്റുള്ളവർ അത് ഇരുമ്പാണെന്ന് പറഞ്ഞു. ചിലർ അത് കല്ലാണെന്ന്, മറ്റുചിലർ അത് വജ്രമയമാണെന്നും പറയുന്നു.
Varāha (default instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It documents multiple community reports about a cult-object’s composition, indicating how sacred-site traditions can preserve layered or competing descriptions over time.
The location is implied from the preceding verse (Bhūta-giri), but not restated explicitly here.
No direct ethical injunction is given; the focus is descriptive and ethnographic (reporting what people say).
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