Varaha Purana 138.2: Adhyaya 138, Shloka 2
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
इति खञ्जरीटोपाख्यानं समाप्तम्।
iti khañjarīṭopākhyānaṃ samāptam
ఇట్లు ‘ఖంజరీటోపాఖ్యానం’ సమాప్తమైంది।
Narrator (editorial colophon)
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It functions as a colophon-like closure, a common Purāṇic editorial device that marks the end of an embedded narrative unit (upākhyāna).
No location is named in this closing line; it primarily signals the end of the Khañjarīṭa episode before the next topic begins.
No direct ethical instruction is stated; the verse is structural, indicating textual segmentation.
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