Varaha Purana 17.6: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 6
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
सैकस्मिंश्चिद् दिने प्रायाद् विपिनं श्वापदाकुलम् । तत्रापश्यदृषेर्धन्यं महदाश्रममण्डलम् ॥ १७.६ ॥
saikasmiṁś cid dine prāyād vipinaṁ śvāpada-ākulam | tatrāpaśyad ṛṣer dhanyaṁ mahad āśrama-maṇḍalam || 17.6 ||
วันหนึ่งเขาออกเดินทางไปยังป่าที่เต็มไปด้วยสัตว์ร้าย ที่นั่นเขาได้เห็นบริเวณอาศรมของฤๅษีอันเป็นมงคลและกว้างใหญ่
Varāha (default narrative framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif: the transition from inhabited space to wilderness and then to an āśrama, reflecting the cultural memory of hermitages as centers of learning and ethical formation in Sanskrit literature.
No specific toponym is named here; the verse describes a generic vipina (forest) and an ṛṣi’s āśrama-maṇḍala, a literary setting rather than an identifiable modern location.
Implicitly, the verse contrasts the perilous wilderness (śvāpada-ākula) with the ordered hermitage precinct, highlighting the āśrama as a space of discipline, learning, and culturally valued restraint within nature.
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