Varaha Purana 81.54: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 54
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
तत्र पद्ममहापद्ममकरकच्छपकुमुदशङ्खनीलनन्दमहानिधयः प्रतिवसन्ति।
tatra padmamahāpadmamakara-kacchapa-kumuda-śaṅkha-nīla-nanda-mahānidhayaḥ prativasanti.
वहाँ नौ बड़े खज़ाने हैं। पद्म, महापद्म, मकर, कछप, कुमुद, शंख, नील, नंद और महानिधि। यह सब वहाँ हैं।
Varāha
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It preserves a traditional catalogue of nidhis (mythic treasures), relevant to the study of Purāṇic conceptions of wealth, guardianship, and cosmic order.
A specific ‘there’ (tatra) within the described realm where these nidhis are said to reside; the excerpt alone does not specify a modern correlate.
The verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive; it implies an ordered cosmology where resources are conceptually ‘located’ and guarded.
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