Varaha Purana 11.34: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 34
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
नानाजात्यस्तथा वृक्षाः गृहोद्यानॆषु सर्वशः । हस्तिनां हस्तिशालाश्च तुरगाणां च मन्दुराः ॥ ११.३४ ॥
nānājātyas tathā vṛkṣā gṛhodyāneṣu sarvaśaḥ | hastināṃ hastiśālāś ca turagāṇāṃ ca mandurāḥ || 11.34 ||
बगीचों में हर तरह के पेड़ थे। हाथी के लिए हाथी शाला थीं। घोड़ों के लिए स्टेबल्स बने थे।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)
FAQs
It documents a purāṇic literary motif of prosperous settlements, indicating managed green spaces (gṛhodyāna) alongside specialized animal infrastructure, useful for cultural-landscape and material-culture studies.
No specific toponym appears in this verse fragment; it functions as a descriptive passage rather than a direct geographic identifier.
Implicitly, the verse normalizes stewardship of cultivated environments—maintaining diverse trees and properly designated shelters for animals—framed as orderly and sustainable habitation.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Varaha Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
