Varaha Purana 83.2: Adhyaya 83, Shloka 2
Description of the Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla Regions: Niṣadha’s Western Janapadas and River Systems
निसर्ग एष भद्राश्वानां कीर्तितः केतुमालानां विस्तरेण कथितम्।
nisarga eṣa bhadrāśvānāṁ kīrtitaḥ ketumālānāṁ vistareṇa kathitam
बद्राश्वन का यह नेचुरल सेटअप बताया गया है। और केतुमाल का पूरा डिटेल में बताया है।
Rudra
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It signals an editorial/narrative transition, indicating how Purāṇic cosmography is organized into region-by-region accounts.
Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla are cosmographic regions (often treated as divisions within the Purāṇic world-system), not directly mappable to a single modern location.
No direct ethical instruction; the verse is primarily classificatory and organizational.
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