Varaha Purana 76.15: Adhyaya 76, Shloka 15
Description of Svarga: Amarāvatī, the Sudharmā Assembly Hall, and the Directional Cities
तथाष्टमेऽन्तरपुटे ईशानस्य महात्मनः । पुरी मनोहरा नाम भूतैर्नानाविधैर्युता । पुष्पैर्धन्यैश्च विविधैर्वनैराश्रमसंस्थितैः ॥ ७६.१५ ॥
tathāṣṭame ’ntarapuṭe īśānasya mahātmanaḥ | purī manoharā nāma bhūtair nānāvidhair yutā | puṣpair dhanyaiś ca vividhair vanair āśramasaṃsthitaiḥ || 76.15 ||
आठवीं अंदर के हिस्से में ईशान की एक शहर है। इसका नाम मनोहरा है। यहाँ कई तरह के जीव रहते हैं। फूल और अनाज है, जंगल है, और आश्रम भी है।
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic mode of mapping cultural heritage through idealized urban and forested landscapes, linking settlement (purī) with ascetic institutions (āśrama) and resource abundance (flowers and grains).
A city named Manoharā is identified within an 'eighth inner enclosure' (aṣṭame antarapuṭe). The excerpt alone does not provide sufficient data for a secure modern identification; it is best treated as an internal sacred-geographic toponym pending broader chapter context.
The verse implicitly values a balanced landscape where habitation, biodiversity (nānāvidha-bhūta), cultivation (dhanya), and protected forest-ascetic spaces (vana with āśrama) coexist—an archival indicator of environmental stewardship within sacred geography.
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