Varaha Purana 196.12: Adhyaya 196, Shloka 12
Description of the City of Dharmarāja
Yama
तथापि कथयिष्यामि यथादृष्टं तथाश्रुतम् ॥ पुष्पोदका नाम तत्र नदीनाṃ प्रवरा नदी
tathāpi kathayiṣyāmi yathā-dṛṣṭaṁ tathā-śrutam || puṣpodakā nāma tatra nadīnāṁ pravarā nadī
फिर भी मैं बताऊँगा जो मैंने देखा और जो मैंने सुना। वहाँ एक नदी है सबसे बड़ी, उसका नाम पुष्पोदक है।
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It provides a named hydronym (Puṣpodakā), useful for cataloging Purāṇic river traditions and comparative sacred-geography studies.
A river called Puṣpodakā is identified; the verse does not provide a secure modern identification without further contextual markers.
The verse models careful transmission—reporting ‘as seen’ and ‘as heard’—as a narrative ethic of testimony.
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