Varaha Purana 48.7: Adhyaya 48, Shloka 7
The Kalki Dvādaśī Observance and the Episode of King Viśāla
तस्य द्रोण्यां महाराज बदरीं प्राप्य शोभनाम् । हृतराज्यो विशेषेण गतश्रीको नरोत्तमः ॥ ४८.७ ॥
tasya droṇyāṃ mahārāja badarīṃ prāpya śobhanām | hṛtarājyo viśeṣeṇa gataśrīko narottamaḥ || 48.7 ||
اے مہاراج، اس کی اُس وادی میں خوبصورت بدری کو پا کر وہ نروتم راج سے محروم ہوا اور خصوصاً اپنی سابقہ شان و دولت سے بھی بے بہرہ ہو گیا۔
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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The verse situates a human narrative of political loss within a tīrtha-setting (Badarī), reflecting a common Purāṇic technique: linking personal crisis and ethical reflection to culturally significant landscapes.
Badarī is a prominent Himalayan sacred locale, widely associated in later and modern identification with the Badrinath region of Uttarakhand; the term droṇī suggests a valley or basin-like terrain consistent with mountain geography.
Implicitly, the verse frames adversity (loss of kingdom and prosperity) as compatible with purposeful movement toward a place of learning or refuge, encouraging resilience and reorientation rather than fixation on status.
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