धर्मवर्ण

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

DHARMAVARṆA   A Brahmin who lived in the country of Ānarta at the end of Kaliyuga. Once when he went to the land of the dead, he saw his fathers hanging by the end of darbha. They requested Dharmavarṇa to marry and obtain sons who would get them relief from their plight. Dharmavarṇa married and as soon as he got a son he went to the forest of Gandhamādana to practise penance there. [Chapters 2, 17 and 22, Skanda Purāṇa] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

धर्मवर्ण n.  एक ब्राह्मण । कलियुग के अन्तिम काल में यह आनर्त देश में रहता था । एक बार यह पितृलोक गया । वहॉं इसने देखा कि, इसके पितर दूर्वाकूर के आधार पर लटक रहे हैं । उन्होंने अपने उद्धार के लिये इसे विवाह करने के लिये कहा । तब इसने विवाह किया । पश्चात् पुत्रजन्म होते ही, यह गंधमादन पर तपस्या करने चला गया [स्कंद.२.७.२२] ।