Varaha Purana 76.6: Adhyaya 76, Shloka 6
Description of Svarga: Amarāvatī, the Sudharmā Assembly Hall, and the Directional Cities
तस्या मध्येऽमरावत्यां वज्रवैडूर्यवेदिका । त्रैलोक्यगुणविख्याता सुधर्मा नाम वै सभा ॥ ७६.६ ॥
tasyā madhye 'marāvatyāṃ vajravaiḍūryavedikā | trailokyaguṇavikhyātā sudharmā nāma vai sabhā || 76.6 ||
अमरावती के बीच में हीरे और वैदूर्य से बनी एक चबूतरा है। वहाँ सुधर्मा नाम की सभा है। तीनों दुनिया में इसकी बड़ाई है।
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It preserves a Purāṇic cosmographic motif: Indra’s capital Amarāvatī and the idealized sabhā (assembly hall) Sudharmā, reflecting classical Indian literary descriptions of celestial courts and elite material culture.
Amarāvatī is the mythic/cosmographic capital of Indra (Śakra) in Svarga; it is not a directly mappable terrestrial site, though later traditions sometimes analogize it to royal capitals in poetic and architectural discourse.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; philosophically, it emphasizes guṇa (excellence/virtue) as the basis of renown, framing cultural ideals of orderly assembly and exemplary governance in a cosmological setting.
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