Varaha Purana 69.6: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 6
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
एवं चित्तयतो मह्यं स मां प्राह महामुनिः । स्थीयतां स्थीयतां ब्रह्मन्नातिथ्यं करवाणि ते ॥ ६९.६ ॥
evaṃ cittayato mahyaṃ sa māṃ prāha mahāmuniḥ | sthīyatāṃ sthīyatāṃ brahmann ātithyaṃ karavāṇi te || 69.6 ||
ഞാൻ ഇങ്ങനെ ചിന്തിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ ആ മഹാമുനി എന്നോടു പറഞ്ഞു—“തങ്ങുക, തങ്ങുക, ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണാ; ഞാൻ നിനക്കു അതിഥിസത്കാരം ചെയ്യാം.”
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It reflects a widely attested Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstric cultural norm: the ethical obligation to receive a guest—especially a learned visitor—with respect and care, framing hospitality as a marker of cultivated social order.
No geographic location is specified in this verse fragment; it focuses on interpersonal conduct within a narrative setting.
The verse foregrounds the principle of ātithya (guest-hospitality): requesting the visitor to remain and offering to perform appropriate acts of welcome and care.
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