Varaha Purana 170.39: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 39
The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship
including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics
नद्यास्तीरे सुप्रदेशे आवासांश्च प्रचक्रिरे ॥ निवेश्य भाण्डं तत्रैव अश्वानां यवसादिकम् ॥
nadyāstīre supradeśe āvāsāṁś ca pracakrire || niveśya bhāṇḍaṁ tatraiva aśvānāṁ yavasādikam
Di tebing sungai, di suatu daerah yang indah, mereka menyediakan tempat persinggahan; lalu meletakkan barang bawaan di situ, serta mengatur makanan kuda seperti jelai dan sebagainya.
Varāha (narrative voice; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
Establish camp in a safe, well-situated riverside place; secure goods and provide proper fodder for horses.
Orderly encampment prevents theft, loss, and animal harm; disorder invites danger, depletion, and conflict.
Dharma expresses as stewardship—protecting entrusted goods and caring for animals; outer order mirrors inner order.
When traveling: choose safe terrain, organize storage, assign watch, and ensure animal feed/water before personal comfort.
Varāha Purāṇa 170.42 (halt near mountain with fodder/water)
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic travel-narrative convention: describing encampment, provisioning, and the riverine landscape, useful for studying premodern itineraries and material culture vocabulary.
Only a generic riverbank setting is specified (nadyāḥ tīre); no named tīrtha or settlement appears in this fragment.
Implicitly, orderly conduct during travel—settling responsibly and providing for dependents/animals—rather than an explicit moral injunction.
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