Varaha Purana 77.15: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 15
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
तस्य भद्रकदम्बस्य तथाश्ववदनो हरिः । प्राप्तवांश्चामरश्रेष्ठः स हि सानुं पुनः पुनः ॥ ७७.१५ ॥
tasya bhadrakadambasya tathāśvavadano hariḥ | prāptavāṁś cāmaraśreṣṭhaḥ sa hi sānuṁ punaḥ punaḥ || 77.15 ||
उस कदम्ब पेड़ के पास हरि बार-बार आते हैं। हरि का चेहरा घोड़े जैसा है। वो अमर लोगों में सबसे बड़े हैं।
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in the excerpt)
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic narrative motif linking a deity epithet/iconographic descriptor (aśvavadana) with a specific landscape feature (sānu) and a named tree (kadamba), reflecting how sacred topography is encoded in Sanskrit literary geography.
No explicit toponym is given in this single verse; the identifiable ‘location’ is a landscape element described as a sānu (slope/ridge) associated with a kadamba tree, which likely depends on the surrounding verses for precise identification.
No direct ethical injunction appears in this verse; its function is primarily descriptive, establishing sacred-geo narrative context through repeated movement to a specific natural feature (slope) and a culturally significant tree (kadamba).
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