Varaha Purana 196.28: Adhyaya 196, Shloka 28
Description of the City of Dharmarāja
Yama
वादित्रगीतस्वनतालयुक्ता गायन्ति नार्यः सहिताः सदा हि ॥ कन्याकुलानां मृदुभाषितानि मनोहराणां च वनेषु तेषु ॥
vāditra-gīta-svana-tāla-yuktā gāyanti nāryaḥ sahitāḥ sadā hi || kanyākulānāṃ mṛdu-bhāṣitāni manoharāṇāṃ ca vaneṣu teṣu ||
വാദ്യങ്ങളുടെയും ഗാനത്തിന്റെയും സ്വര-താളങ്ങളോടുകൂടി സ്ത്രീകൾ ഒരുമിച്ച് എപ്പോഴും പാടുന്നു. ആ വനങ്ങളിൽ കന്യാകുലങ്ങളുടെ മൃദുവായ, മനോഹരമായ വാക്കുകൾ മുഴങ്ങുന്നു.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It preserves a stylized description of music, rhythm, and communal singing, offering comparative material for the history of performance culture in Sanskrit narrative traditions.
The verse mentions 'vaneṣu' (groves) but does not provide a specific place-name.
The verse foregrounds refined speech and harmonious collective art, implying a cultural ideal of social concord expressed through music and gentle language.
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