Varaha Purana 172.40: Adhyaya 172, Shloka 40
The Harm of Destroying a Grove and the Merit of Tree-Planting as Pūrta-Dharma
फलन्ति वत्सरे मध्ये द्विवारं शकुनादयः ॥ सांवत्सरं पितुर्मातुरुपकारं फलैः कृतम् ॥ एवं पुत्रसमारोपाः एवं तत्त्वविदो विदुः ॥
phalanti vatsare madhye dvivāraṁ śakunādayaḥ | sāṁvatsaraṁ pitur mātur upakāraṁ phalaiḥ kṛtam | evaṁ putrasamāropāḥ evaṁ tattvavido viduḥ |
വർഷത്തിന്റെ മദ്ധ്യേ പക്ഷികൾ മുതലായവർ രണ്ടുതവണ ഫലിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ കാണപ്പെടുന്നു. ഒരു പൂർണ്ണ വർഷം പിതാവിനും മാതാവിനും ചെയ്യുന്ന ഉപകാരം ഫലങ്ങളാൽ സിദ്ധമാകുന്നു. അതിനാൽ വൃക്ഷാരോപണം പുത്രസ്ഥാപനത്തോടു തുല്യമെന്ന് തത്ത്വവിദർ അറിയുന്നു।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicitly marked)
FAQs
It uses kinship-based moral reasoning to promote ecological action, revealing how Purāṇic texts grounded environmental stewardship in social ethics.
No location is identified; the verse is thematic and ethical.
Tree-planting is framed as a sustained benefaction—supporting beings and symbolically fulfilling duties associated with family care and continuity.
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