Varaha Purana 149.72: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 72
The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā
मध्याह्ने च पुनः पूर्णश्चार्धरात्रे समो वहेत् ॥ वर्धते क्षीयते चैव यथैव च महोदधिः
madhyāhne ca punaḥ pūrṇaś cārdharātre samo vahet || vardhate kṣīyate caiva yathaiva ca mahodadhiḥ
Zur Mittagszeit wird es wieder voll, und um Mitternacht fließt es gleichmäßig; es nimmt zu und nimmt ab, so wie der große Ozean.
Varāha
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It records a tide-analogy and diurnal timing (midday/midnight) that can be studied as premodern Sanskrit ways of describing periodic natural change in sacred-site narratives.
No named terrestrial location is specified; the verse compares a local water phenomenon to the ocean (mahodadhi).
The passage primarily describes a natural marvel; ethically, it encourages attentive engagement with cyclical natural processes as meaningful within cultural heritage narration.
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