Varaha Purana 32.29: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 29
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
यच्चारण्यमिदं धर्म्म त्वया व्याप्तं चिरं प्रभो । ततो नाम्ना भविष्ये तद्धर्मारण्यमिति प्रभो ॥ ३२.३० ॥
yaccāraṇyam idaṃ dharmma tvayā vyāptaṃ ciraṃ prabho | tato nāmnā bhaviṣye taddharmāraṇyam iti prabho || 32.30 ||
प्रभु, यह जंगल आप से भरा हुआ है। आप ही धरम हैं, इसलिए यहाँ धरम है। इसलिए इसका नाम धरमारण्य पड़ेगा।
Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework: Pṛthivī addressing Varāha)
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It preserves a Purāṇic toponymic explanation (place-name etiology), a common literary device used to map sacred geography and to anchor cultural memory through named landscapes.
The verse identifies a site called “Dharmāraṇya” (the ‘Forest of Dharma’). The fragment does not provide enough internal markers to securely equate it with a single modern location without additional chapter context.
The passage frames the landscape as ethically charged: the forest’s identity is defined by the sustained presence of dharma, supporting a cultural logic in which places are to be regarded and maintained as carriers of moral order and heritage value.
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