Varaha Purana 15.2: Adhyaya 15, Shloka 2
Gauramukha’s Recollection and the Hymn to Hari at Prabhāsa
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तदा धात्री पितृऋतन्त्रं महामुनिः । संस्मारितो जन्मशतं मार्कण्डेयेन धीमता ॥ १५.२ ॥
etac chrutvā tadā dhātrī pitṝtantraṃ mahāmuniḥ | saṃsmārito janmaśataṃ mārkaṇḍeyena dhīmatā || 15.2 ||
ఇది విన్నప్పుడు పితృతంత్ర సందర్భములో మహామునికి జ్ఞానవంతుడైన మార్కండేయుడు వంద జన్మల జ్ఞాపకాన్ని కలిగించెను.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: legitimizing teachings through remembered lineages, past lives, and sage authority, situating doctrinal material (here, pitṛ-related instruction) within an inherited textual tradition.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment; it is primarily doctrinal and narrative (memory of births) rather than place-specific.
The verse foregrounds continuity of knowledge and responsibility across generations—implicitly supporting careful remembrance and transmission of ancestral and cultural practices without prescribing coercive observance.
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