Varaha Purana 152.41: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 41
Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā
तस्मिंस्तु वसते देवि तिन्दुको नाम नापितः॥ तस्मिंस्तु वसतस्तस्य नापितस्य पुरोत्तमे॥
tasmiṁstu vasate devi tinduko nāma nāpitaḥ || tasmiṁstu vasatas tasya nāpitasya purottame ||
ദേവീ, ആ ഉത്തമനഗരത്തിൽ ‘തിന്ദുക’ എന്ന പേരുള്ള ഒരു ക്ഷൗരകൻ (നാപിതൻ) താമസിച്ചിരുന്നു. ആ നഗരത്തിൽ വസിച്ചിരുന്ന ആ നാപിതനെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള (അടുത്ത) കഥ പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.
Varāha
FAQs
It introduces a social-historical character type (nāpita, barber) within a tīrtha-oriented narrative, illustrating how Purāṇic texts embed everyday occupations into sacred-geographic storytelling.
The passage points toward an ‘excellent city’ in a Yamunā–Mathurā context; Mathurā is later explicitly named in this sequence (v.47).
The verse itself is introductory; ethically, it sets up a life-story framework commonly used to show transformation through discipline and tīrtha association.
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