Varaha Purana 138.63: Adhyaya 138, Shloka 63
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
नदीनां चैव निर्घोषो मयूराणां च निःस्वनः॥ कुटजार्ज्जुनगन्धाश्च कदम्बार्ज्जुनपादपाः
nadīnāṃ caiva nirghoṣo mayūrāṇāṃ ca niḥsvanaḥ || kuṭajā'rjuna-gandhāś ca kadambā'rjuna-pādapāḥ
नदियों की आवाज़ गूँज रही थी और मोर भी बोल रहे थे। हवा में कुटज और अर्जुन के फूलों की खुशबू थी। पेड़ कदम्ब और अर्जुन के थे।
Varāha (default frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It preserves a catalog-like eco-lexicon (flora and fauna) typical of Purāṇic descriptive passages, useful for historical ecology and Sanskrit botanical terminology.
No explicit location is named; the verse offers a representative riverine-forest environment.
No direct ethical rule is stated; the passage frames human life within an interdependent natural world, supporting later Purāṇic themes of stewardship and harmony.
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