Varaha Purana 147.15: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 15
The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa
the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release
दृष्ट्वा स्वमाश्रमं दग्धं बहुपुष्पफलोदकम्॥ मन्युना परमाविष्टो दुःखनेत्रपरिप्लुतः॥
dṛṣṭvā svam āśramaṃ dagdhaṃ bahupuṣpaphalodakam || manyunā paramāviṣṭo duḥkhanetrapariplutaḥ ||
उसने देखा कि उसका आश्रम जल के राख हो गया। फूल, फल और पानी सब खत्म हो गया। वो बहुत गुस्सा हो गया और उसकी आँखों में दुख भर आया।
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It documents the āśrama as a managed micro-environment (flowers, fruiting trees, water), suggesting how ascetic sites were imagined as cultivated ecological spaces in literary memory.
No named place; the focus is the hermitage environment characterized by vegetation and water resources.
The verse shows how destruction of a life-sustaining space triggers anger and grief—implicitly warning that violence against protected habitats destabilizes moral and social order.
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