Varaha Purana 10.28: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 28
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
या द्वितीया अभवत् पत्नी तस्य राज्ञो महात्मनः । नाम्ना कीर्त्तिमती धन्या तस्याः पुत्रो बभूव ह । नाम्ना सुद्युम्न इत्येवं वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ॥ १०.२९ ॥
yā dvitīyā abhavat patnī tasya rājño mahātmanaḥ | nāmnā kīrttimatī dhanyā tasyāḥ putro babhūva ha | nāmnā sudyumna ityevaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ || 10.29 ||
พระมเหสีองค์ที่สองของมหาราชผู้มีจิตยิ่งใหญ่มีนามว่า กีรติมตี ผู้เป็นสิริมงคล จากนางประสูติพระโอรสชื่อ สุทยุมน์ ผู้เชี่ยวชาญพระเวทและเวทางคศาสตร์.
Varāha (default narrative voice; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic-style genealogical notice linking a royal figure (Sudyumna) to his mother Kīrtimatī and emphasizing elite education through the Veda and Vedāṅgas—features commonly used to legitimize kingship and cultural authority in Purāṇic literature.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; it functions primarily as a lineage and character-description unit rather than a sacred-geography passage.
The verse implicitly upholds the cultural ideal of learned rulership: a prince is praised as 'vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ', suggesting that disciplined study and mastery of authoritative knowledge are valued traits for leadership.
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