Varaha Purana 206.28: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 28
Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds
अपाने सर्वतीर्थानि प्रस्रावे जाह्नवी नदी ॥ नानाद्वीपसमाकीर्णाश्चत्वारः सागरास्तथा ॥
apāne sarvatīrthāni prasrāve jāhnavī nadī || nānādvīpasamākīrṇāś catvāraḥ sāgarās tathā ||
गाय के शरीर में सारे तीर्थ हैं। पेशाब में गंगा नदी है। चारों समुंदर भी वहाँ हैं, बहुत सारे द्वीप के साथ।
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It shows a Purāṇic technique of internalizing sacred geography—placing major tīrthas and cosmological features within a revered animal—useful for studying symbolic geography and ritual imagination.
Jāhnavī is a classical name for the Gaṅgā River; the ‘four oceans’ and ‘many islands’ are cosmographic elements rather than directly mappable modern geography.
To frame stewardship of the cow (and related purificatory practices) as intertwined with the wider sacred landscape, linking ethical treatment of living beings with cultural-heritage geography.
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