Varaha Purana 69.10: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 10
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
गृहीत्वा अन्यां तु मे पादौ क्षालितुं चोपचक्रमे । अन्ये द्वे व्यजने गृहीत्वा मत्पक्षाभ्यां व्यवस्थिते ॥ ६९.१० ॥
gṛhītvā anyāṃ tu me pādau kṣālituṃ copacakrame | anye dve vyajane gṛhya matpakṣābhyāṃ vyavasthite || 69.10 ||
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It reflects a classical South Asian etiquette motif—welcoming an honored guest through foot-washing and fanning—common in epic and Purāṇic narrative settings, useful for reconstructing cultural practices depicted in Sanskrit literature.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions as a scene-setting description rather than a sacred-geography reference.
The verse implicitly foregrounds respectful hospitality and attentive service to a guest/teacher figure, presented as a cultural ideal within the narrative frame.
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