Varaha Purana 22.5: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 5
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
तत्र कालेन महता क्षपयन्ती कलेवरम् । स्वशरीराग्निना दग्धा ततः शैलसुता अभवत् ॥ २२.५ ॥
tatra kālena mahatā kṣapayantī kalevaram | svaśarīrāgninā dagdhā tataḥ śailasutā ’bhavat || 22.5 ||
وہاں طویل زمانے تک اپنے جسم کو گھلاتی رہی؛ اپنے ہی جسم کی آگ سے جل گئی، پھر وہ شَیل سُتا (پہاڑ کی بیٹی) بن گئی۔
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: linking transformation and rebirth-like change to genealogical identities (here, becoming Śailasutā), reflecting how early Sanskrit texts encode cultural memory through mythic lineage.
No specific place-name is given in this verse; however, the epithet “Śailasutā” (“Daughter of the Mountain”) invokes a mountain-associated identity rather than a uniquely identifiable historical site.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical observation about corporeality and change—bodies are subject to time and dissolution—rather than an explicit moral injunction.
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