Varaha Purana 75.15: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 15
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
पूर्वतः श्वेतवर्णस्तु ब्राह्मण्यं तेन तस्य तत् । पीतश्च दक्षिणेनासौ तेन वैश्यत्वमिष्यते ॥ ७५.१५ ॥
pūrvataḥ śvetavarṇas tu brāhmaṇyaṃ tena tasya tat | pītaś ca dakṣiṇenāsau tena vaiśyatvam iṣyate || 75.15 ||
जब यह पूरब की तरफ होता है, तो उसका रंग व्हाइट होता है। इसलिए उसको ब्राह्मण माना जाता है। जब वो दक्षिण तरफ पीला होता है, तब उसको वैश्य बोला जाता है।
Varāha (default dialogic frame; explicit speaker not stated in the fragment)
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It preserves a traditional scheme linking social categories (varṇa) with symbolic markers such as color and direction, useful for studying how Purāṇic literature systematizes cultural taxonomies.
No specific toponym is named; the verse uses cardinal directions (east and south) as symbolic coordinates rather than identifying a particular place.
Rather than issuing a direct moral injunction, the verse classifies statuses through symbolic descriptors; its philosophical function is taxonomic (defining categories) rather than prescriptive ethics.
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