Varaha Purana 177.3: Adhyaya 177, Shloka 3
The Curse of Sāmba and the Prescribed Observance of Sun-Worship
एकान्ते प्राप्य कृष्णं च विज्ञप्तिमकरोत्प्रभुः ॥ कृष्ण किञ्चिद्वक्तुकामस्तत्त्वं शृणु महामते ॥ साम्बनाम तव युवा पुत्रो वाग्मी तु रूपवान् ॥ स्पृहणीयः सदा कान्तः स्त्रीजनस्य सुरेश्वर ॥
ekānte prāpya kṛṣṇaṃ ca vijñaptim akarot prabhuḥ || kṛṣṇa kiñcid vaktukāmas tattvaṃ śṛṇu mahāmते || sāmbanāma tava yuvā putro vāgmī tu rūpavān || spṛhaṇīyaḥ sadā kāntaḥ strījanasya sureśvara
Setelah bertemu Kṛṣṇa secara berdua, beliau yang dimuliakan itu menyampaikan: “Wahai Kṛṣṇa, aku ingin mengatakan sesuatu—dengarkan hakikatnya, wahai yang berhati besar. Puteramu yang muda bernama Sāmba, petah berbicara dan tampan; wahai penguasa para dewa, dia sentiasa menjadi idaman dan menawan hati kaum wanita.”
Unspecified (Nārada speaking within Varāha’s narrated discourse)
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It exemplifies Purāṇic characterization through stock epithets and sets up a causality chain for an ensuing moral episode (often framed through desire, social boundaries, and consequences).
No new location is named here; the scene continues in Dvārakā as established earlier in the chapter.
It implicitly warns that socially potent traits (beauty, eloquence, desirability) can become catalysts for ethical complications if not governed by restraint.
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