Varaha Purana 75.74: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 74
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
तेषां निवसनं शुक्लब्रह्मलोकमनिन्दितम् । उपर्युपरि सर्वासां गतिनां परमा गतिः । चतुर्दशसहस्राणि योजनानां तु कीर्तितम् ॥ ७५.७४ ॥
teṣāṃ nivasanaṃ śuklabrahmalokam aninditam | uparyupari sarvāsāṃ gatīnāṃ paramā gatiḥ | caturdaśasahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ tu kīrtitam || 75.74 ||
उनका घर ब्रह्म लोक में है। वो सबसे ऊपर है। वहाँ जाना सबसे बड़ी बात है। वो जगह चौदह हज़ार योजना बड़ी है।
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It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography by ranking abodes (lokas) and describing them with both qualitative terms (anindita, “stainless”) and quantitative measures (yojanas), reflecting a traditional encyclopedic style of late-classical Sanskrit literature.
No terrestrial site is named; the verse identifies a cosmological realm, Śukla-brahma-loka, presented as a supra-worldly abode within the Purāṇic model of the universe.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical hierarchy of goals (gatīnāṃ paramā gatiḥ), implying that human pursuits can be oriented toward progressively higher ends culminating in a ‘supreme destination’.
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