Varaha Purana 112.51: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 51
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
इदानीं कार्त्तिकी चेयं वर्त्तते च नराधिप ॥ ब्रह्माण्डं सर्वसम्पन्नं भूतरत्नौषधैर्युतम् ॥
idānīṃ kārttikī ceyaṃ varttate ca narādhipa | brahmāṇḍaṃ sarvasampannaṃ bhūtaratnauṣadhair yutam ||
अभी कार्तिक महीना चल रहा है, राजा। ब्रह्मा की यह दुनिया सब से भरी हुई है, जिसमें जानवर, रत्न और दवाइयाँ सब है।
Hotṛ (likely continuation; addressing the king)
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It preserves Purāṇic cosmological language that also catalogs natural resources (auṣadhi), useful for studying how Sanskrit texts encode environmental and material imaginaries.
No specific location; the verse uses a cosmological frame (brahmāṇḍa) rather than a terrestrial place-name.
Implicitly, it frames the world as richly endowed with life and resources, supporting a stewardship-oriented reading without asserting sectarian exclusivity.
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