Varaha Purana 167.23: Adhyaya 167, Shloka 23
The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation
कथं च संज्ञा तस्याभूत्कथय त्वं हि राक्षस ॥ राक्षस उवाच ॥ पुरी उज्जयिनी नाम्ना तस्यां वासो हि मे सदा ॥
kathaṃ ca saṃjñā tasyābhūt kathaya tvaṃ hi rākṣasa || rākṣasa uvāca || purī ujjayinī nāmnā tasyāṃ vāso hi me sadā
“అది ఆ నామాన్ని ఎలా పొందింది? ఓ రాక్షసా, నీవే చెప్పు.” రాక్షసుడు అన్నాడు—“ఉజ్జయినీ అనే నగరం ఉంది; అక్కడే నా నివాసం ఎల్లప్పుడూ ఉండేది.”
Rākṣasa
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Ujjayinī is a major classical toponym; Purāṇic references contribute to the layered literary memory of the city in Sanskrit sources.
Ujjayinī—widely identified by scholars with modern Ujjain, a historically prominent center in central-west India.
The narrative foregrounds accountability through self-reporting: the rākṣasa begins by stating origin and residence, setting up later moral causality.
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