Varaha Purana 3.1: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 1
Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa
प्रियव्रत उवाच । अन्यस्मिन् भगवन् जन्मन्यासीत् यत् तद् विचेष्टितम् । सर्वं कथय देवर्षे महत् कौतूहलं हि मे ॥ ३.१ ॥
priyavrata uvāca | anyasmin bhagavan janmany āsīd yat tad viceṣṭitam | sarvaṁ kathaya devarṣe mahat kautūhalaṁ hi me || 3.1 ||
प्रियव्रत उवाच। अन्यस्मिन् भगवन् जन्मनि यदासीत् तद्विचेष्टितम्। सर्वं कथय देवर्षे महत् कौतूहलं हि मे॥
Priyavrata
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: a named interlocutor (Priyavrata) formally requests a seer to narrate prior events, establishing authority and continuity within the text’s transmission.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; it functions as an opening inquiry rather than a topographical or tīrtha-focused statement.
The verse primarily models an epistemic ethic—respectful inquiry and attentive listening to learned narration—rather than issuing a direct moral injunction.
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