Varaha Purana 2.60: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 60
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
सरसस्तस्य तीरे तु कुमारिं पृथुलोचनाम् । दृष्ट्वाहं विस्मयापन्नस्तां कन्यामायतॆक्षणाम् ॥ २.५९ ॥
sarasas tasya tīre tu kumārīṃ pṛthulocanām | dṛṣṭvāhaṃ vismayāpannas tāṃ kanyām āyatekṣaṇām || 2.59 ||
ആ സരോവരത്തിന്റെ തീരത്ത് വിശാലനേത്രങ്ങളുള്ള ഒരു കുമാരിയെ—ദീർഘദൃഷ്ടിയുള്ള ആ കന്യയെ—കണ്ട് ഞാൻ അത്ഭുതത്തിൽ മുങ്ങി.
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: introducing a significant figure through a vivid, poetic description set within a waterside landscape, supporting the text’s broader interest in culturally meaningful places and scenes.
The verse mentions only a generic 'lake' (sarasa) and its shore (tīra) without a specific toponym; a precise modern identification cannot be made from this fragment alone.
No explicit ethical injunction is stated in this verse; it primarily functions as narrative transition and characterization through descriptive language.
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