Varaha Purana 11.33: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 33
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
प्राकाराणि ततोऽपान्ते तल्लग्नोद्यानकानि च । कोकिलाकुलघुष्टानि नानाद्विजवराणि च । चम्पकाशोकपुन्नागनागकेशरवन्ति च ॥ ११.३३ ॥
prākārāṇi tato'pānte tallagnodyānakāni ca | kokilākulaghuṣṭāni nānādvijavarāṇi ca | campakāśokapunnāganāgakeśaravanti ca || 11.33 ||
उसके बाद बाहर की तरफ दीवारें बनी। वहाँ बगीचे थे, कोकिल के आवाज़ें गूँजती थिन। चम्पक, अशोक, और नागकेसर के पेड़ थे वहाँ।
Varāha
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It preserves a Purāṇic-style description of urban peripheries—ramparts with adjoining gardens—reflecting ideals of fortified planning integrated with cultivated green spaces and biodiversity.
No explicit toponym appears in this verse alone; it functions as part of a broader descriptive passage, so the location must be inferred from surrounding verses in Adhyāya 11.
Implicitly, it valorizes the co-presence of human architecture and thriving non-human life—an environmental stewardship ideal expressed through well-maintained gardens, trees, and bird habitats.
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