Varaha Purana 41.16: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 16
Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying
इह जन्मनि सौभाग्यं परलोके निशामय । अस्मिन्नर्थे पुरावृत्तमितिहासं पुरातनम् ॥ ४१.१६ ॥
iha janmani saubhāgyaṁ paraloke niśāmaya | asminn arthe purāvṛttam itihāsaṁ purātanam || 41.16 ||
ഈ ജന്മത്തിൽ സൗഭാഗ്യം, പരലോകത്തിലും കൂടെ—കേൾക്കുക. ഈ വിഷയത്തിൽ പുരാതനമായ ഒരു ഇതിഹാസം, പഴയ പരമ്പര (ഞാൻ പറയുന്നു).
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It signals a shift into an itihāsa-style exemplum (traditional historical narrative) used in Purāṇic literature to ground ethical or philosophical instruction in an authoritative ‘ancient account’ (purāvṛtta).
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a preface to a forthcoming narrative that may later introduce places or sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes attentive listening to a precedent-based teaching: well-being is presented as relevant both ‘here’ (iha) and ‘in the other world’ (paraloka), and the instruction will be supported through an inherited tradition (itihāsa).
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