Varaha Purana 49.6: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 6
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
तस्यागस्त्यः कदाचित् तु गृहमागत्य सत्तम । उवाच सप्तारात्रं तु वसामि भवतो गृहे ॥ ४९.६ ॥
tasyāgastyaḥ kadācit tu gṛham āgatya sattama | uvāca saptarātraṃ tu vasāmi bhavato gṛhe || 49.6 ||
അഗസ്ത്യൻ ഒരിക്കൽ അവന്റെ വീട്ടിൽ വന്ന് പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ സത്തമാ, ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളുടെ ഗൃഹത്തിൽ ഏഴ് രാത്രികൾ വസിക്കും।”
Agastya
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif: a renowned sage arriving as a guest and formally stating the duration of stay, offering evidence for literary representations of āśrama-based hospitality and social etiquette.
No explicit geographic toponym is stated in this verse; it only mentions arrival at a “house” (gṛha).
The verse foregrounds the cultural ethic of hosting (atithi-satkāra) by presenting a sage’s requested stay, implicitly situating the household as a site of duty-bound hospitality.
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