Varaha Purana 143.36: Adhyaya 143, Shloka 36
Exposition of the Glory of the Mandāra Sacred Grove
दिशं वायव्यमाश्रित्य तस्मिन्विन्ध्यशिलोच्चये ॥ तिस्रो धाराः पतन्त्यत्र मुसलाकृतयः शुभाः ॥
diśaṃ vāyavyam āśritya tasmin vindhyaśilocchaye || tisro dhārāḥ patanty atra musalākṛtayaḥ śubhāḥ ||
विन्ध्य पहाड़ की तरफ, जो ऊँची चट्टान है, वहाँ तीन नहर गिर रही हैं। यह पानी मुसल जैसा दिखता है, जो अच्छा है।
Varāha (default, descriptive voice)
FAQs
It provides a directional and geomorphological description (streams on a rock-mass), which is valuable for studying how Purāṇas encode landscape features into sacred geography.
Vindhya (विन्ध्य), a major mountain range in the Indian subcontinent; however, the verse’s ‘śilocchaya’ remains a generalized landmark without a single secure modern pinpoint.
By marking streams as ‘śubhāḥ’ and carefully locating them by direction, the text implicitly encourages attentive, respectful engagement with culturally significant waterscapes.
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