Varaha Purana 79.9: Adhyaya 79, Shloka 9
Description of the Inner Basins (Droṇīs): Śrīsaras, Śrīvana, Bilva Forest, and Tāla Grove
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं द्वियोजनशतायतम् । अर्द्धक्रोशोच्छशिखरैर्महावृक्षैः समन्ततः । शाखासहस्रकलितैर्महास्कन्धैः समाकुलम् ॥ ७९.९ ॥
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ dviyojanaśatāyatam | arddhakrośocchaśikharair mahāvṛkṣaiḥ samantataḥ | śākhāsahasrakalitair mahāskandhaiḥ samākulam || 79.9 ||
वो जंगल बहुत बड़ा है। सौ योजन चौड़ा है और दो सौ योजन लंबा है। बड़े-बड़े पेड़ हैं चारों तरफ। उनकी चोटियाँ आसमान तक जाती हैं। हज़ारों डालें हैं उनमें। इतने घने पेड़ हैं कि अंदर कुछ दिखता नहीं।
Varāha
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It preserves a Purāṇic style of describing large-scale landscapes using traditional units (yojana, krośa), offering evidence for how premodern Sanskrit texts conceptualized geography and environmental magnitude.
This verse, by itself, does not name a specific place; it describes an extensive forested region. A precise identification requires the surrounding verses of Adhyāya 79 that may supply a toponym or pilgrimage context.
Rather than issuing a direct injunction, the verse foregrounds the scale and density of a forest ecosystem, which can be cataloged as ecological imagery supporting a broader Purāṇic valuation of landscapes as culturally significant and worthy of preservation.
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