Varaha Purana 176.36: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 36
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
एतच्छ्रुत्वा स पाञ्चाल्यो मूर्च्छितो धरणीं गतः ॥ ताः स्त्रियस्तां समाश्वास्य पाञ्चाल्यं परिवार्य च ॥
etac chrutvā sa pāñcālyo mūrcchito dharaṇīṃ gataḥ || tāḥ striyas tāṃ samāśvāsya pāñcālyaṃ parivārya ca ||
ഇതു കേട്ട് ആ പാഞ്ചാലൻ മൂർഛിച്ച് നിലത്തുവീണു. ആ സ്ത്രീകൾ അവനെ ആശ്വസിപ്പിച്ച് പാഞ്ചാലനെ ചുറ്റിനിന്നു.
Pṛthivī
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It uses the ethnonym 'Pāñcālya' to situate characters within cultural geography, while dramatizing moral disclosure through bodily reaction (fainting).
Pāñcāla is indicated as a regional identity (North Indian mahājanapada region in historical scholarship), but the immediate scene’s tīrtha remains unnamed here.
The verse underscores the gravity of confessed harm and the role of community presence in stabilizing those affected.
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