Varaha Purana 11.33 — Adhyaya 11, Shloka 33
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
प्राकाराणि ततोऽपान्ते तल्लग्नोद्यानकानि च । कोकिलाकुलघुष्टानि नानाद्विजवराणि च । चम्पकाशोकपुन्नागनागकेशरवन्ति च ॥ ११.३३ ॥
prākārāṇi tato'pānte tallagnodyānakāni ca | kokilākulaghuṣṭāni nānādvijavarāṇi ca | campakāśokapunnāganāgakeśaravanti ca || 11.33 ||
さらに外縁には城壁がめぐらされ、それに連なる園林があった。コーキラ鳥の群れの声がこだまし、さまざまな優れた鳥たちで満ちていた。またチャンパカ、アショーカ、プンナーガ、ナーガケーシャラの樹林が豊かに茂っていた。
Varāha
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Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
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Subject Matter: ["Sacred Geography","Built Heritage","Ecological Descriptions","Auspicious Flora and Fauna"]
Primary Rasa: Shanta
Secondary Rasa: Adbhuta
Type: Ramparts and attached gardens (prākāra + udyāna)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 11.11.34 (trees and stables continue the urban-ecology inventory)
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FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic-style description of urban peripheries—ramparts with adjoining gardens—reflecting ideals of fortified planning integrated with cultivated green spaces and biodiversity.
No explicit toponym appears in this verse alone; it functions as part of a broader descriptive passage, so the location must be inferred from surrounding verses in Adhyāya 11.
Implicitly, it valorizes the co-presence of human architecture and thriving non-human life—an environmental stewardship ideal expressed through well-maintained gardens, trees, and bird habitats.
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