Varaha Purana 38.5: Adhyaya 38, Shloka 5
The Hunter’s Austerity and the Gaining of Durvāsas’ Favor
तमप्येवं निषिद्धं स्यादन्यं तथैवमेव च । एवं स सकटं मत्वा व्याधः किञ्चिन्न भक्षयत् ॥ ३८.५ ॥
tam apy evaṁ niṣiddhaṁ syād anyaṁ tathaivam eva ca | evaṁ sa sakaṭaṁ matvā vyādhaḥ kiñcin na bhakṣayat || 38.5 ||
ഇതും ഇപ്രകാരം തന്നെ നിഷിദ്ധമാകും; മറ്റേതും അതുപോലെ. അങ്ങനെ അതിനെ ‘ശകടം’ എന്നു കരുതി വ്യാധൻ ഒന്നും ഭക്ഷിച്ചില്ല.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: embedding behavioral norms (niṣedha/prohibition) within story episodes involving recognizable social figures such as the vyādha (hunter).
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; it functions primarily as an ethical-narrative statement rather than a sacred-geography marker.
The verse emphasizes the logic of prohibition (niṣiddha) applied consistently—extending a rule to comparable cases—and narratively illustrates restraint (not consuming anything) based on that understanding.
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