Varaha Purana 196.3: Adhyaya 196, Shloka 3
Description of the City of Dharmarāja
Yama
द्विगुणं परिवेषेण तद्वै प्रेतपतेः पुरम् ॥ भवनैरावृतं दिव्यैर्याम्बूनदमयैः शुभैः ॥
dviguṇaṁ pariveṣeṇa tadvai pretapateḥ puram || bhavanair āvṛtaṁ divyair jāmbūnadamayaiḥ śubhaiḥ
उस नगर के चारों तरफ दीवार है, दुगनी चमकी हुई। यह प्रेतपति, यानी मरने के बाद जो लोगों का स्वामी है, उसकी नगर है। चमक-दमक वाले महल हैं वहाँ, सोना जैसा चमकता हुआ।
Nāciketa (continuation of description)
FAQs
It documents a conventional Purāṇic aesthetic vocabulary—golden architecture and encircling enclosures—used to convey grandeur and authority in otherworldly realms.
The city of Pretapati (Yama) is described as an otherworldly domain; it is not a terrestrial geographic site.
By depicting the ordered realm of the ‘lord of the departed,’ the text frames a moral universe where actions are evaluated within an overarching cosmic order.
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