Varaha Purana 76.2: Adhyaya 76, Shloka 2
Description of Svarga: Amarāvatī, the Sudharmā Assembly Hall, and the Directional Cities
तत्र सर्वामरपुरं चक्रवातसमुद्धतम् । दुर्धर्षं बलदृप्तानां देवदानवरक्षसाम् । तत्र जाम्बूनदमयः सुप्राकारः सुतोरणः ॥ ७६.२ ॥
tatra sarvāmara-puraṁ cakravāta-samuddhatam | durdharṣaṁ bala-dṛptānāṁ deva-dānava-rakṣasām | tatra jāmbūnada-mayaḥ suprākāraḥ sutoraṇaḥ || 76.2 ||
Dort stand die Stadt aller Unsterblichen, als wäre sie von einem Wirbelsturm emporgehoben worden—uneinnehmbar selbst für Götter, Dānavas und Rākṣasas, die trunken von Kraft sind. Dort war ihre vortreffliche Wehrmauer aus Jāmbūnada-Gold und mit schönen Toren versehen.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic literary motif of the fortified celestial city, reflecting early Sanskrit imaginations of idealized urban space and sovereignty expressed through walls, gates, and precious metals.
No specific terrestrial site-name is explicitly given in this verse; it describes an ‘amara-pura’ (city of immortals), typically treated in Purāṇic literature as a celestial or mythic locale rather than a directly mappable historical city.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis is on the limits of brute force—portraying even strength-proud beings as unable to overcome a divinely ordered space.
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