Varaha Purana 149.90: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 90
The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā
भविष्यति वरारोहे ईश्वरः सदृशो मम ॥ दुर्वासा इति विख्यातः शपिष्यति कुलं मम ॥
bhaviṣyati varārohe īśvaraḥ sadṛśo mama || durvāsā iti vikhyātaḥ śapiṣyati kulaṁ mama ||
โอ้ผู้มีสะโพกงาม จะมีบุคคลผู้ทรงเดชดุจอีศวร เสมอเหมือนเรา เป็นที่เลื่องลือว่า ‘ทุรวาสา’; เขาจักสาปวงศ์ตระกูลของเรา
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It introduces the widely attested Purāṇic narrative device of a sage’s curse (śāpa) as a mechanism for historical-mythic explanation and moral causality.
No place-name appears in this verse; it sets up a narrative that, in adjacent verses, connects to named tīrthas and locales.
It implies the ethical weight of speech and conduct in social order, as curses and their consequences function as moralized causality in the narrative.
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