Varaha Purana 69.32: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 32
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
सरोभिः सूदकैः पुण्यैर्जलजैश्च विशेषतः । अत्यद्भुतमिदं लोकं दृष्टवानस्मि ते मुने ॥ ६९.३२ ॥
sarobhiḥ sūdakaiḥ puṇyair jalajaiś ca viśeṣataḥ | atyadbhutam idaṃ lokaṃ dṛṣṭavān asmi te mune || 69.32 ||
यहाँ कितने सारे पानी के ताल है, सब पानी साफ है। फूल और पानी में रहने वाले जानवर भी है। मुनि, मैंने यह दुनिया देखी है, बहुत अलग है।
Pṛthivī (defaulted per dialogue framework; speaker not explicitly named in the excerpt)
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of cataloguing landscapes through tīrtha and water-features (lakes, sacred waters, aquatic life), a common archival marker for pilgrimage geography and environmental valuation in early Sanskrit literature.
No specific toponym is provided in this single verse; it describes a landscape characterized by sacred lakes and waters, likely continuing a broader tīrtha description in the surrounding passages.
The verse foregrounds reverence for water-systems and water-born life as culturally significant features of a valued landscape, aligning with a stewardship-oriented appreciation of ecological and heritage resources.
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