Varaha Purana 80.4: Adhyaya 80, Shloka 4
Cosmographic Ordering of the Southern and Western Quarters: Valleys, Forest-Plateaus, and Sacred Sites
तस्य च मध्ये महाशिखरः शतयोजनायामस्त्रिंशद्योजनविस्तीर्णोऽनेकधातुरत्नभूषितः तस्य चोपरि महती रथ्या रत्नप्राकारतोरणा । तस्यां महद् विद्याधरपुरम् । तत्र पुलोमानामा विद्याधरराजः शतसहस्रपरिवारः । तथा च विखाखाचलेन्द्रस्य श्वेतस्य चान्तरे सरः । तस्य च पूर्वतीरे महदाम्रवनं कनकसंकाशैः फलैरतिसुगन्धिभिर्महाकुम्भमात्रैः सर्वतश्चितम् । देवगन्धर्वादयश्च तत्र निवसन्ति ॥४॥
tasya ca madhye mahāśikharaḥ śatayojanāyāmas triṃśadyojanavistīrṇo 'nekadhāturatnabhūṣitas tasya copari mahatī rathyā ratnaprākāratoraṇā | tasyāṃ mahad vidyādharapuram | tatra pulomānāmā vidyādhararājaḥ śatasahasraparivāraḥ | tathā ca vikhākhācalendrasya śvetasya cāntare saraḥ | tasya ca pūrvatīre mahadāmravanaṃ kanakasaṃkāśaiḥ phalair atisugandhibhir mahākumbhamātraiḥ sarvataś citam | devagandharvādayaś ca tatra nivasanti ||4||
उसके बीच में एक बड़ी चोटी है। वो सौ योजन लंबी है और तीस योजन चौड़ी है। उसमें रत्नें और गहने लगे हैं। ऊपर एक बड़ा रास्ता है जो रत्नों से बना है। वहाँ विद्याधर लोगों का शहर है। पुलोमा नाम का राजा वहाँ रहता है। उसके पास एक लाख लोग हैं। विखाखा और श्वेत पहाड़ियों के बीच एक तालाब है। उसके पूर्व तरफ़ आम का जंगल है। आम सोने जैसा चमकते हैं और बड़े मर्तबान के साइज़ के हैं। देवता और गंधर्व वहाँ रहते हैं।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment)
FAQs
It exemplifies Purāṇic sacred-geographical writing: landscapes are described through monumental scale (yojana measures), mineral wealth, and inhabited celestial/semidivine polities, reflecting how cultural memory mapped value and sanctity onto terrain.
No securely identifiable modern location is specified; the passage names mythic/topographic features (the mountains Vikhākhā and Śveta, a lake between them, and an eastern mango-grove) typical of Purāṇic cosmography rather than a single verifiable site.
The verse primarily conveys cultural-heritage and ecological valuation: it portrays a thriving, fragrant grove and waterbody as integral to an inhabited landscape, implicitly emphasizing the importance of fertile, well-tended environments within the text’s sacred geography.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Varaha Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.