Shloka 10
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
वनानि नद्यः शैलांश्च पुण्याण्यायतनानि च ।
स ततो विस्मयाविष्टः प्राह तं द्विजसत्तमम् ॥
vanāni nadyaḥ śailāṁś ca puṇyāny āyatanāni ca |
sa tato vismayāviṣṭaḥ prāha taṁ dvija-sattamam ||
അവൻ വനങ്ങൾ, നദികൾ, പർവതങ്ങൾ, കൂടാതെ പുണ്യസ്ഥാനങ്ങളും വിവരിച്ചു. അപ്പോൾ അത്ഭുതം നിറഞ്ഞ ശ്രോതാവ് ആ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ബ്രാഹ്മണനോട് പറഞ്ഞു.
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FAQs
The Purāṇic imagination ties dharma to place: sacred sites and natural features become prompts for reverence and inquiry rather than mere sightseeing.
Not pancalakṣaṇa proper; it is narrative with a tīrtha/geography sub-strand.
Forests, rivers, and mountains can symbolize inner terrains—discipline (vana), flow of consciousness (nadī), and steadfastness (śaila)—with ‘āyatana’ as the locus where the divine is recognized.