Varaha Purana 24.5: Adhyaya 24, Shloka 5
The Birth of the Nāgas, Brahmā’s Curse, and the Pañcamī Observance
तस्य दाक्षायणी भार्या कद्रूर्नाम शुचिस्मिता । मारीचो जनयामास तस्यां पुत्रान् महाबलान् ॥ २४.५ ॥
tasya dākṣāyaṇī bhāryā kadrūr nāma śucismitā | mārīco janayām āsa tasyāṁ putrān mahābalān || 24.5 ||
Jego żona, Dakszajani o imieniu Kadru, o czystym uśmiechu, na niej Marici zrodził synów o wielkiej sile.
Varāha (default narrative voice; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic method of organizing cosmological and cultural memory through genealogies, linking figures (e.g., Marīci, Dakṣa’s lineage) across multiple Sanskrit narrative corpora.
No geographic site is named in this verse; it is genealogical and person-focused rather than place-focused.
No explicit ethical injunction is stated; the verse primarily functions as lineage documentation within a broader cosmological narrative framework.
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