Varaha Purana 138.66: Adhyaya 138, Shloka 66
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
प्रवान्ति सुसुखा वाताः सुगन्धाश्च सुशीतलाः॥ सप्तपर्णसुगन्धाश्च शीतलाः कामिवल्लभाः
pravānti susukhā vātāḥ sugandhāś ca suśītalāḥ || saptaparṇa-sugandhāś ca śītalāḥ kāmivallabhāḥ
हवा अच्छी चल रही थी, खुशबुदार और ठंडी। सप्तपर्ण के फूलों की खुशबू आ रही थी। यह हवा प्रेम करने वालों को पसंद आती थी।
Varāha (default frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)
FAQs
It documents sensory ecology (smell and temperature) as a literary marker of seasonality, useful for understanding environmental perception in Sanskrit literature.
No explicit geographic location is identified in this verse.
Not a direct injunction; it reinforces an ethos of attunement to nature’s cycles and the cultivated appreciation of well-kept groves and habitats.
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