Varaha Purana 75.47: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 47
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
तस्य बीजनिसर्गं हि पुष्करस्य यथार्थवत् । कृत्स्नं प्रजानिसर्गेण विस्तरेणैव वर्ण्यते ॥ ७५.४७ ॥
tasya bījanisargaṃ hi puṣkarasya yathārthavat | kṛtsnaṃ prajānīsargeṇa vistareṇaiva varṇyate || 75.47 ||
पुष्कर की कहानी, कि वो कैसे पैदा हुए, यह पूरा डिटेल में बताया जाएगा। प्रजा की उत्पत्ति की कहानी के साथ यह सब सच-सच लिखा है।
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It functions as a transitional marker, indicating that a specific origin account (bīja-nisarga) will be treated within a broader Purāṇic framework of prajā-sarga (emanation/genealogy of beings), reflecting common compositional methods in Purāṇic literature.
Puṣkara is named; in historical geography it is commonly associated with the Puṣkara region near present-day Ajmer (Rajasthan), though this verse itself does not provide further locational detail.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse emphasizes accurate and detailed narration (yathārthavat, vistareṇa), reflecting an archival ideal of faithful transmission of cosmological and genealogical accounts.
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