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The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
तस्य भार्या च वसुधे सर्वावयवसुन्दरी ॥ देवकी नाम नामाच मनोज्ञा शुभदर्शना ॥
tasya bhāryā ca vasudhe sarvāvayavasundarī || devakī nāma nāmā ca manojñā śubhadarśanā ||
ఓ వసుధా! అతని భార్య దేవకీ అనే నామంతో ప్రసిద్ధి, సర్వాంగసుందరి, మనోహరిని, శుభదర్శనముగలది.
Varāha (default dialogue framework)
It records a key figure (Devakī) in the narrative lineage, illustrating the Purāṇic practice of linking moral-aesthetic descriptors with genealogical identity.
No specific place-name appears here; the address “Vasudhā” indicates the dialogic setting with Earth as interlocutor.
Indirectly, it reflects Purāṇic ideals of auspiciousness (śubha) and harmony within household lineage narratives, without issuing a direct injunction.
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