Varaha Purana 175.11: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 11
The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter
दुर्भिक्षपीडितोऽत्यन्तं सभार्यो दक्षिणां गतः॥ शिवनद्याः दक्षिणे तु कूले स वरपत्तने॥
durbhikṣapīḍito 'tyantaṃ sabhāryo dakṣiṇāṃ gataḥ || śivanadyāḥ dakṣiṇe tu kūle sa varapattane
తీవ్ర క్షామంతో అత్యంత బాధపడుతూ అతడు భార్యతో కలిసి దక్షిణానికి వెళ్లాడు. శివా నది దక్షిణ తీరంలో వరపట్టణంలో అతడు నివసించాడు.
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It preserves a social-historical motif—famine-driven migration—embedded in a sacred-geography narrative, offering clues about how texts remembered environmental stress and relocation.
The river Śivā and a settlement called Varapattana on its southern bank; precise modern mapping is uncertain without wider textual and regional correlation.
It implicitly highlights resilience and household responsibility under scarcity, presenting migration as a pragmatic response to environmental hardship.
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