Varaha Purana 79.3: Adhyaya 79, Shloka 3
Description of the Inner Basins (Droṇīs): Śrīsaras, Śrīvana, Bilva Forest, and Tāla Grove
द्रोणमात्रप्रमाणैश्च पुण्डरीकैः सुगन्धिभिः । सहस्रशतपत्रैश्च महापद्मैरलङ्कृतम् ॥ ७९.३ ॥
droṇamātrapramāṇaiś ca puṇḍarīkaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ | sahasraśatapatraiś ca mahāpadmair alaṅkṛtam || 79.3 ||
वहाँ कमल खिले हैं जो बहुत महक रहे हैं। उनका साइज़ इतना बड़ा है जितना एक द्रोण होता है। बड़े-बड़े कमल हैं जिनके हज़ारों पंखुड़ियाँ हैं।
Varāha
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The verse exemplifies Purāṇic sacred-geography style, using botanical and measurement vocabulary to lend vivid, quasi-topographical detail to a tīrtha-like setting.
No explicit place-name appears in this single verse; it functions as a descriptive unit within a broader passage that likely names the site in adjacent verses.
The fragment does not state an explicit moral injunction; its implicit philosophical emphasis is on attentive appreciation and careful description of natural-cultural landscapes.
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