Varaha Purana 162.64: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 64
The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha
पृष्टोऽसौ ब्राह्मणो भद्रे क्व भवान् त्वमिहागतः ॥ स सर्वं कथयामास यथावृत्तं दृढव्रतः ॥
pṛṣṭo 'sau brāhmaṇo bhadre kva bhavāṃs tvam ihāgataḥ || sa sarvaṃ kathayāmāsa yathāvṛttaṃ dṛḍha-vrataḥ ||
พราหมณ์ผู้นั้นถูกถามว่า “โอ้ท่านผู้เจริญ ท่านมาจากที่ใดจึงมาถึงที่นี่?” แล้วเขา—ผู้มั่นคงในปณิธาน—ได้เล่าเรื่องทั้งหมดตามที่เกิดขึ้นจริง
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It illustrates a narrative-legal idiom—truthful recounting ‘as it occurred’—commonly used in Sanskrit storytelling to establish credibility and moral causality.
No explicit location is named; the focus is on inquiry and narration.
Truthful reporting and steadiness in observance (dṛḍha-vrata) are valued as virtues within the narrative.
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