Varaha Purana 17.32: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 32
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
एवमुक्त्वा शरीरं तु विहाय क्वचिदास्थितौ । तयोऽपि क्षयं कृत्वा क्षेत्री तत्पुरमास्थितः ॥ १७.३२ ॥
evam uktvā śarīraṃ tu vihāya kvacid āsthitau | tayor api kṣayaṃ kṛtvā kṣetrī tat-puram āsthitaḥ || 17.32 ||
Setelah berkata demikian, mereka meninggalkan tubuh dan berdiam di suatu tempat. Dan setelah mengakhiri kedua-duanya juga, penguasa wilayah suci (kṣetrī) pun menetap di kota itu.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative device—departure from the body and relocation—used to connect episodes and to frame sacred places (kṣetra/pura) as culturally significant landscapes within the text’s transmission.
The verse refers generically to “that city” (tat-puram) without naming it in this excerpt; identification requires adjacent verses or a chapter colophon that specifies the kṣetra/pura.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse emphasizes the sacrality of place and the authority of a kṣetrī (guardian of a sacred domain), reflecting a cultural framework in which landscapes and settlements are treated as curated heritage spaces.
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