Varaha Purana 75.63: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 63
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
त्रिंशच्चापि सहस्राणि योजनानां प्रमाणतः । तस्य केसरजालानि विकीर्णानि समन्ततः ॥ ७५.६३ ॥
triṁśaccāpi sahasrāṇi yojanānāṁ pramāṇataḥ | tasya kesarajālāni vikīrṇāni samantataḥ || 75.63 ||
由旬の度量によれば、それは三万由旬にまで及び、ケーサラの網は四方に散り広がっている。
Varāha (default dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"boar_form_detail":"Keśara-jāla (bristle networks) extending to thirty thousand yojanas, scattered in all directions."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious","key_question":"How far do the cosmic ‘bristle-networks’ extend, and what does their all-direction spread imply for cosmic layout?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The ‘scattered on all sides’ bristle-net suggests omnidirectional pervasion—Viṣṇu/Varāha as vyāpin, whose energies/paths extend throughout the cosmic field.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Bristles as sacrificial kuśa-like spread or ritual ‘threads’ reaching the quarters (diśaḥ), implying the yajña’s extension to all directions.","vedantic_connection":"Echoes the idea of all-pervasiveness (sarvagatatva): the measurable spread points to an immeasurable ground, with number serving as pedagogical approximation."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"divine-pervasion","core_concept":"The sacred is not localized only at a center; it radiates and pervades all directions.","practical_application":"Practice dik-smaraṇa: remember the divine in each direction (east/south/west/north) during travel, worship, and parikrama."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Geography"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vīra
Type: cosmic extent / directional quarters
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 75.75.62 (keśara-jāla enumeration); Varāha Purāṇa 75.75.64-65 (dimensions and karṇikī description)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A cosmic field with bristle-like rays spreading from a center to all quarters, forming a vast halo; the thirty-thousand-yojana reach shown as concentric distance bands.","item_prompts":["radiating bristle rays","four/eight directional markers","concentric distance rings","center point (lotus core)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: rhythmic radiating motifs, bold directional emblems, symmetrical mandala layout.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold radiance rays, embossed concentric rings, jewel accents at cardinal points.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: subtle gradation from center outward, fine ray-textures, balanced geometry.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: airy wash background, fine radiating lines, small directional deities/icons at edges."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"expansive and steady","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"open-throated, panoramic"}
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic mode of cosmographic description using traditional units (yojana) and vivid anatomical imagery, reflecting premodern Indian geographic imagination and measurement discourse.
No specific toponym is stated in this verse fragment; it describes extent and surrounding dispersion (samantataḥ) without naming a particular site.
No direct ethical injunction appears here; the verse functions descriptively within a broader cosmological-geographic narrative frame.
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