Varaha Purana 23.17: Adhyaya 23, Shloka 17
The Birth of Gaṇapati, the Emergence of the Vināyakas, and the Significance of the Fourth Lunar Day
कुमार गजवक्त्रस्त्वं प्रलम्बजठरस्तथा । भविष्यसि तथा सर्पैरुपवीतगतिर्ध्रुवम् ॥ एवं शशाप तं देवस्तीव्रकोपसमन्वितः ॥ २३.१७ ॥
kumāra gajavaktras tvaṃ pralambajaṭharas tathā | bhaviṣyasi tathā sarpair upavītagatir dhruvam | evaṃ śaśāpa taṃ devas tīvrakopasamanvitaḥ || 23.17 ||
ഹേ കുമാരാ! നീ ഗജമുഖനും പ്രലംബ ജഠരവാനും ആകും; കൂടാതെ സർപ്പങ്ങളെ യജ്ഞോപവീതമായി നിശ്ചയമായി ധരിക്കും. ഇങ്ങനെ തീവ്രകോപത്തോടെ ദേവൻ അവനെ ശപിച്ചു.
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It preserves a Purāṇic etiological motif explaining distinctive iconographic features (elephant face, large belly, serpent-thread), illustrating how narrative literature encodes cultural memory and visual symbolism.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions as a character-description/curse passage rather than a tīrtha or regional reference.
The verse foregrounds the moral consequence of provoking divine anger (śāpa as narrative causality), emphasizing restraint and accountability within Purāṇic storytelling.
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