Varaha Purana 214.70: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 70
The Glory of Gokarṇa: Description of Nandikeśvara’s Boon and the Assembly of Deities on Mount Muñjavat
यक्षविद्याधराश्चैव ग्रहाः सागरपर्वताः॥ सिद्धा ब्रह्मर्षयश्चैव गङ्गाद्याः सरितस्तथा॥
yakṣavidyādharāś caiva grahāḥ sāgaraparvatāḥ || siddhā brahmarṣayaś caiva gaṅgādyāḥ saritas tathā ||
यक्ष और विद्याधर थे। ग्रह, समुंदर और पहाड़ भी आए थे। सिद्ध और ब्रह्मर्षि भी थे। गंगा और बाकी नदियाँ भी थी।
Narrator (default framework: Varāha → Pṛthivī, not explicit in fragment)
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By listing rivers, mountains, oceans, and grahas alongside sages and celestial beings, the verse exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography where natural features are treated as participatory entities in cultural memory.
The Gaṅgā is explicitly mentioned (gaṅgādyāḥ), serving as a key marker of sacred geography; other rivers are implied but not named here.
While not framed as a direct injunction, the inclusion of rivers and mountains in the honored assembly supports an ethic of reverence toward natural entities as part of cultural heritage.
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