Varaha Purana 176.69: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 69
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
निःश्वासे च विलीनोऽसौ वायुर्नष्टो न दृश्यते ॥ खुराग्रेषु तथा लीनाः समुद्राः सप्त च प्रभोः ॥
niḥśvāse ca vilīno'sau vāyur naṣṭo na dṛśyate || khurāgreṣu tathā līnāḥ samudrāḥ sapta ca prabhoḥ
Und im Ausatmen ist jener Wind, wenn er aufgegangen ist, nicht zu sehen, da er verschwunden ist. Ebenso sind an den Spitzen der Hufe des Herrn die sieben Ozeane eingegangen.
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It combines cosmographic motifs (seven oceans) with a theomorphic scale metaphor (oceans at hoof-tips), reflecting Purāṇic strategies for expressing cosmic magnitude.
No single terrestrial location is named; “seven oceans” belongs to Purāṇic cosmography rather than a directly mappable geography.
The verse implicitly orients the reader toward contemplative perspective—recognizing the vastness of cosmological order relative to ordinary perception.
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